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Subject: Filename attributes in lowercase - a proposal
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Date: Tue, 10-Apr-84 15:19:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 10 15:19:00 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Apr-84 09:21:36 EST
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On terminals that don't have highlighting, it's not easy to determine
a file's attributes.  I propose a simple, portable convention for
use in file utilities, telecommunications and applications programs:

If an attribute bit is set, display the corresponding character in the
filename in lower case.  Thus,

	STAT.coM        would be Read/Only, SYStem
	mAC.COM         would mean bit 1 is set

This isn't perfect -- a short filename or filetype won't always have
its attributes displayed.  But it could
readily be incorporated into the next revisions of MDM7, SD, XDIR, NSWP,...