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Thread ID: 13414	2001-12-03 20:10:00	File 'Archives' attributes meaning	Guest (0)	Press F1

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26416	2001-12-03 20:10:00	Easy to work out, read-only, hidden, system but why and what is 'Archives' a old files? Not sure if going to be used again? Lick stupidity, ask a stupid question 'In God we trust; all others must provide data.' We need more names, apart from Tab = how about P Nis Terry Bill Richard Principal Helen Pee Hay You Sandy Sure Pees Seymour	Guest (0)
26417	2001-12-03 23:56:00	Quite simple. It is an attribute used in archiving. The bit is set when the file is written to. An archive programme (or even a copying programme e.g. xcopy) *can* be set to archive only files with the bit set, and then turn off the bit. This means that archives can be 'incremental' -- backing up only files changed or created after the previous one. Of course, you do a cycle of a full atchive, then a week or month of daily incrementals. It was more important with small archive media, but even now, with 650MB on a CD, you need a few to archive a full 20GB disk. It gets worse if you have a farm of them.	Guest (0)
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