Re: What does the Archive setting in Properties mean?
Steve Hayes <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-xp |
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| Organization | Khanya Publications |
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On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:56:32 -0600, [email protected] wrote: >I see the Archive setting when I use Properties to save a file as Read >Only. Why is there such a setting, and where do these archived files >go? It marks the file as changed. I use it in batch files --- for example I can ask for all the files in a directory with the archive bit set to be updated in a ZIP archive, and for the archive bit then to be reset. I use it to transfer data files between my desktop and laptop computer -- the batch file copies the ZIP archive to a USB flash drive, and then on the other computer the changed files are unZIPped and put in the relevant directory. This makes it possible to transfer the changed files with a single command (a call to the batch file), and it saves a bit of time in copying only the changed files rather than all of them. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk