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From: w8sdz@brl-smoke.ARPA (Keith B. Petersen )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Shell command question
Summary: Simple batch command to touch file
Keywords: shell msdos autoexec.bat
Message-ID: <8034@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 7 Jun 88 11:24:40 GMT
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Reply-To: w8sdz@brl.arpa (Keith B. Petersen (WSMR|towson) )
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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It is possible to "touch" a file using this simple batch file:

copy %1/b,,+ %1 >nul

It works.  I use a public domain program called NFD (new file date)
myself.  It is written in assembly language, is very fast, and offers
many useful features such as setting the date to something other than
the current date.  It can be interactive, asking for confirmation, or
automatic - depending upon the command line option you choose.
-- 
Keith Petersen
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