Touches a remote file by updating LastWriteTime - useful for touching a remote web.config to restart ASP.NET AppDomain

touch_remote_file.ps1

param ($computerName, $username, $password, $targetFile)

trap                                                                                                                   
{                                                                                                                      
    write-output $_ 
    exit 1
} 

$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential($username, $securePassword)
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computerName -Credential $credentials -ScriptBlock { $file = Get-Item $args[0]; $file.LastWriteTime = (Get-Date) } -ArgumentList $targetFile