Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!ncar!husc6!bbn!clsib21!scott
From: scott@clsib21.UUCP (Scott P. Herzig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: archive bit
Summary: Archive bit...Used by backup programs
Keywords: say what?
Message-ID: <699@clsib21.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jul 88 13:26:04 GMT
References: <4873@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
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Organization: CLSI  Newtonville, Mass
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In article <4873@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, bobc@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Bob Calbridge) writes:
> Okay, I give up.  What is the function of the archive bit?

The bit is set by the BACKUP program to indicate whether or not a file
has been archived.  This makes it easy to spot when a backup has been
done and what's been saved.


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Scott P. Herzig, CLSI, Inc.
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