'touch file: touch a file in a project or target for compilation
Required argument: the file or files to be touched
Keyword argument _attributes: AppleEvent attribute dictionary'

def touch_file(self, _object=None, _attributes={}, **_arguments):

    _code = 'CWIE'
    _subcode = 'TOCH'
    if _arguments:
        raise TypeError, 'No    optional    args    expected'
    _arguments['----'] = _object
    (_reply, _arguments, _attributes) = self.send(_code, _subcode, _arguments, _attributes)
    if _arguments.get('errn', 0):
        raise aetools.Error, aetools.decodeerror(_arguments)
    if _arguments.has_key('----'):
        return _arguments['----']
