NB>> use "touch" or some similar command to change the
time stamp on one of
 NB>> them. It only has to be a minute apart, eg 10:10 and 10:11, to work
 NB>> right. 
 
 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?  

 ml> nope... there's not... 
  
 DC> At least Nancy is using the Good DOS!   

hehehehe...

 DC> This is the first time I ran into it.  Then again, it's the first 
 DC> time I needed it too!  

 ml> have you ever wondered how/why some archives and the files inside them
 ml> had the same timestamp and it matched the version number of the
 ml> software? ;) 

 DC> Nope..  should I have?  

a perfect example is bluewave stuff...

BW23_386.ZIP    706325 02/12/96 02:30
BW23_DOS.ZIP    484679 02/12/96 02:30
BW23_OS2.ZIP    484646 02/12/96 02:30
BW311MAX.ZIP    365902 12/06/95 03:11
BW311MX2.ZIP    386839 12/06/95 03:11
BW311OP .ZIP    330805 01/18/96 03:11
BW311PRO.ZIP    349740 12/06/95 03:11
BW311QB .ZIP    322010 12/06/95 03:11
BW311RA .ZIP    327432 12/06/95 03:11
BW311SB .ZIP    321522 12/06/95 03:11
BW311TAG.ZIP    341028 12/06/95 03:11
BW311TG .ZIP    336204 12/06/95 03:11
BW320MAX.ZIP    637143 05/27/96 03:20
BW320RA .ZIP    332432 01/29/96 03:20
BW320_OP.ZIP    333049 02/16/96 03:20
BW401PCB.ZIP    657894 09/02/96 04:01

note the timestamps in correlation to the version numbers ;)

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