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From: wallace@oldtmr.dec.com (Ray Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Archive bit
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Date: 10 Aug 89 18:46:49 GMT
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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.

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