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From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What do the protection codes mean?
Message-ID: <824@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jan 90 18:08:56 GMT
References: <270@dino.cs.iastate.edu>
Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL
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From article <270@dino.cs.iastate.edu>, by jwright@cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright):
> 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 the file has already been archived and no changes have been made since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

"Archived" is just as unambiguous as "touched".  It means the file has been
archived and not changed since then.  As soon as a file is touched (opened
for writing or updating) the "Archived" bit should be reset.  Of course, until 
the OS actually supports those bits they don't mean anything at all.

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