Re: Archive bit

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From: Thomas Cervera
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1989 19:49

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In article <8908091359.AA08065@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> SQ79@liverpool.ac.UK (Mark Powell) writes:
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>  Bit 5 of a file mode is the archive bit. This is to do with backing up files.
>When a file is backed up it's archive bit is set. When it is next written to
> [...]

  I'm not sure but doesn't the archive bit indicate 'Dear backup program, I'm a
file you should add to your archive because I was changed/created after the
last backup' ? So, if backed up, a file's archive bit schould be clear -not set.
  My TOS 1.4 release DOES raise the archive bit on every file creation.
  One of my ATARI ST Programming Guides says that the archive bit will be set
on every successful file creation/write access.

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From: alderaan@tubopal.UUCP (Thomas Cervera)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Archive bit
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Date: 10 Aug 89 19:49:20 GMT
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