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From: dclemans@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM (Dave Clemans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Archive bit?
Message-ID: <725@dclemans.mntgfx.MENTOR.COM>
Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 19:53:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 11 19:53:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 13:07:03 EDT
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Summary: more info


I would basically agree with previous comments.  With current versions of GEMDOS
on the ST, the archive bit doesn't work.

If you assume that it works opposite to how it's supposed to you can get away
with it a lot of the time, but not perfectly (and in fact that is what
"BackUp!" from Michtron (which I wrote) does).  If and when a rewritten
version of GEMDOS appears I'll release an update to "BackUp!" to handle it
correctly.  I would presume that the author of Turtle and any other backup
systems that currently use the archive bit would do the same.

dgc