On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Matthew Moss wrote:

> Assuming a record's dirty bit gets set via DmReleaseRecord(), other API
> calls or direct manipulation, what effect does it have? Is it only
> referenced by conduits?

You're correct.  It's used by conduits to see what records have changed
since the last synchronization.

I think that's pretty much the only reason, too... not sure if there's a
bearing on the Backup conduit if you're just relying on that.  Someone
else may be able to confirm or disprove that one.

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