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In article <8810121728.AA14821@cory.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
> : Kim (kim@amdahl.amdahl.com) Writes:
> :In addition to preserving the "s" (script) bit, another one that Zoo
> :(or any archiver program) should preserve is the "p" (pure) bit, which
> :is used by the Resident command.
> 
> 	I say, preserve them all!  Real simple... It's just a longword.

The problem is the zoo file format does not at present reserve 32 bits for file
attributes.  Given the current format I can preserve 22 bits which should last
for at least a few more systems software upgrades.  If a way can be found to
preserve all 32 bits without breaking the ability to extract .zoo's created on
the Amiga on other machines I will impliment it.  If not I will at least save
all that are currently defined as of 1.3.

One bit that will be an excption to the above is the archive bit.  Almost
everyone that sent me mail said that it should not be saved, and those that
did not say to not save it, did not say they wanted it saved.

The other bit that is being debated is the 'h' hidden bit.  Some people are
telling me not to save it, as they do not want any automatically created hidden
files on thier system, and some are saying to save it, to avoid any possable
need for an execute.me file in a zoo archive.
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