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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Using additional protection bits
Message-ID: <2193@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Aug-87 11:16:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2193
Posted: Mon Aug 10 11:16:56 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Aug-87 04:45:19 EDT
References: <461@rover.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: protection, backup

In article <461@rover.UUCP> mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth) writes:
>I have completed the initial development of a hard disk backup program.  I feel
>that there is a need to define an additional bit in the protection field of the
>file attributes.  While there is no problem in commandeering a bit and using it
>in the program and then writing a utility to set it, I would rather get CA's or
>at least this forum's blessing, so as not to interfer with other uses of the
>protection field.
>
Please use one of the bits in the range 24-31 (the top 8).  The others
are reserved, and have destinies in future releases of the operating system.
The top 8 are reserved for application programs.  I'll maintain a list
of which bits which applications use (if people tell me).  I do suggest
that you make the bit user definable, though, in a configuration file,
just in case.

		thanks,
		andy finkel
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