Dan Ceppa wrote the following to Nancy Backus, and I quote (in part):

 DC> I was going to ask what "touch" is, but I found the TOUCH command 
 DC> in 4DOS.  Is there a similar command in DOS?  

Hi Dan,

   I use a very old version from PC Mag. that works fine for my
purposes.  It is in VOL7N07.ARC   25088.

TOUCH 1.0 (c) 1988 Ziff Communications Co.
PC Magazine  Michael J. Mefford

Syntax:  TOUCH filespec [/D date] [/T time]
date = month-day-year
time = hour[:minutes[:seconds]]
Default is system date and time.
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   You should be able to find a newer model.  I.e.

YATU108B.ZIP   51823  Yet Another Touch Utility

    Good luck, 
      Charles

... I wouldn't touch the metric system with a 304.8 cm pole.
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