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Article #3052Re: Archive bit
From: Ray Wallace
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1989 18:46
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1989 18:46
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In article <8908091359.AA08065@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, SQ79@liverpool.ac.UK (Mark Powell) writes... > > Bit 5 of a file mode is the archive bit. This is to do with backing up files. : > Unfortunatley this procedure doesn't work on the old TOSes : > I have seen plenty of files on my disks with this bit set. You may be running I forget the details on this but my understanding is that in most cases (ie: most programs that create/modify files) the archive bit is handled correctly. The problem with depending on the archive bit is that there are a few programs that modify existing files in such a way that the archive bit is not changed. --- Ray Wallace wallace@oldtmr.dec.com --or-- ...!decwrl!oldtmr.dec.com!wallace --or-- wallace%oldtmr.enet.dec.com --or-- wallace%oldtmr.dec@decwrl.dec.com (becoming obsolete) ---
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!indri!aplcen!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!engage.dec.com!oldtmr!wallace From: wallace@oldtmr.dec.com (Ray Wallace) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Archive bit Message-ID: <1249@engage.dec.com> Date: 10 Aug 89 18:46:49 GMT Sender: news@engage.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 20