Not true.
<touch file="myfile"/>
works just fine on NT as well. Of course, it won't *truncate* an existing non-zero-length file - if you need to do that, you need to use the "<echo>" trick.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Cormier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: RE: How can I create a zero length file
>
> I don't have the pleasure of working on a *nix, so touch
> won't work [..]