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From: jwright@cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
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Subject: Re: What do the protection codes mean?
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Date: 4 Jan 90 05:43:12 GMT
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a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) writes:
|    C - Comment
|    H - Hidden
|    S - Script
|    P - Pure
|    A - Archived
|    R - Read
|    W - Write
|    E - Executable
|    D - Deletable

That "archived" bit has always bothered me.  Does it mean that the file
has changed and should be added to the next archive (backup), or that
the file has already been archived and no changes have been made since
then?  How about a less ambiguous designation, such as "touched"?  All
the other bits have fairly straightforward on/off, yes/no interpretations.

Another stinker is warp.  "WARP READ".  Are you reading an archive to
uncompress it to disk, or reading a disk to create an archive?  A little
forethought goes a long way.

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Jim Wright
jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu