Microsoft KB Archive/42144

MSJ TOUCH Program to Update File Modification Time

PSS ID Number: Q42144 Article last modified on 04-16-1991

MS-DOS

Summary: The following is a summary of the program found in the “Microsoft Systems Journal” and in the Software/Data Library: Issue: September 1987, Vol. 2, No. 4, pages 15-22 Title: “Programming in C the Fast and Easy Way with Microsoft QuickC” Author: Augie Hansen Keyword: TOUCH TOUCH can be found in the Software/Data Library by searching on the keyword TOUCH, the Q number of this article, or S10011. TOUCH was archived using the PKware file-compression utility. The following text is taken from the cover of the “Microsoft Systems Journal”: Making the process of C programming faster and easier has long been a goal for developers of Microsoft C programming products. The Microsoft QuickC compiler offers an integrated environment that provides programmers with high-speed compilation and an easy debugger.

More Information: The contents of the archived file, TOUCH (2428 bytes), are: File: TOUCH.TXT

Size: 4188 bytes Function: All source code for the TOUCH program. The program will update the last modification time of a file or group of files to the current time.