On Dec 5, 2000, Chris Karakas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> according to David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the
> linux-kernel mailing list:
Hi, David! :-)
> ---snip
> We do, however, correctly set the archive bit whenever we modify or
> create a file on a FAT filesystem, so it should be usable for its
> intended purpose.
> You just need to make sure your backup program uses the ATTR_ARCH
> flags to decide whether to back up each file, and resets the flag
> after/before doing the backup.
> ---snip
> Any more ideas now? How can this "ATTR_ARCH" flag be reasonably used
> here?
Hmm... You'd have to try to get GNU tar and/or Samba to reasonably
use these flags. Maybe their maintainers would be willing to help you
out?
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