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> From: Matthew Mundell <matt@mundell.ukfsn.org>
> Date: 20 Mar 2004 19:05:40 +0000
> 
> In Dired "T" could touch the current file with the touch shell
> command.

Thanks.

I wonder: wouldn't it be better to have an Emacs primitive to do
this, instead of invoking an external program?  For starters, it will
then work on any platform, including those where `touch' is not a
standard part of the OS.