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ArchStatus Version 1.0D
Copyright (C) Dexter (Chip) Orange, January 1988.
ArchStatus is an utility originally designed
to be used in conjunction with The Backer to allow
you to view or manipulate the archive bit of the file protection bits.
The archive bit is supposed to be used to indicate whether a file
has been backed up (but as far as I know
few, if any, backup programs other than The Backer make use of it).
ArchStatus can be very handy when you need to know what
files haven't been backed up, or if you want
to mark a group of files as being backed up
(for instance if you have them on floppy somewhere else) so
they don't take up more floppies during your backup.
The syntax is:
ARCHSTATUS [<source>] [SET|CLEAR|NEW]
<source> is the drive/directory/file to be examined/modified,
SET indicates that the archive bit for the
files should be set,
CLEAR indicates that the archive bit should be cleared,
NEW indicates that files in <source> which
haven't been backed up yet should be listed,
and no parameter here indicates all files in <source>
should be listed along with their archive
bit status.
Therefore, to see a list of all files which haven't been backed up
yet on your hard disk type:
ARCHSTATUS DH0: NEW
while to keep your M2 directory from being
backed up (since you have it on your Modula distribution disks)
type:
ARCHSTATUS DH0:MODULA/M2 SET
ArchStatus, like The Backer and The Estimator, is freely
distributable for non-commercial purposes. It may be distributed with
commercial hard drives as long as no extra charge is made for it.
VERSION HISTORY:
1.0D -- recompiled with TDI 3.02A, mysterious gurus gone!
1.0C -- <source> now defaults to the current directory.
1.0B -- Thanks to the arp.library, parameter handling
is now a little better. Also reduced stack requirements.
1.0A -- minor bug fixes