Netbeans FTP: Force Upload of a Single file

Netbeans FTP: Force Upload of a Single file

I have been using Netbeans for sometime now but am trying to do some
things that now require some help.
In my netbeans source tree I have a file, which is a trigger for another
application to do a reindex (an AIX server).
So in my tree, I have source files that I am constantly making updates to,
and then a single 0 size file that never changes.
When the AIX server (sees the presence of this zero length file, it kicks
off a process and then deletes the file).
My issue, is because the remote server can only be accessed via ftp, when
I do and "upload", netbeans only uploads my local changed files, but
doesn't check for the remote presence of the control file (the one AIX
deletes) so I constantly have to manually upload the control file.
So what I am looking to do is one of the following: 1. When I do Run Main
Project (set to upload on RUN), upload changed files as usual but ALWAYS
upload this one file if it is not there. 2. Same as #1 but make the
modified state in NetBeans as ALWAYS modifed so it always gets uploaded.
3. Have netbeans 'touch' (not sure what the alternative in windows is) the
file prior to it being evaluated for FTP or not.
BTW, Im on a windows machine, so options are limited (via what I can do on
linux).