On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:59 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seems like a N00b question, but does backing up a file change its last
> accessed date, or does it only set the archive attribute bit?

  It depends on the backup software.  If the software uses "backup
semantics" (some kind of special API option), then last file access
date is not modified.  If the backup software is just doing a simple
file copy without "backup semantics", the last access date will be
touched.

-- Ben

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