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- ArchStatus Version 1.0D
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- Copyright (C) Dexter (Chip) Orange, January 1988.
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- 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:
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- ARCHSTATUS [<source>] [SET|CLEAR|NEW]
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- <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.
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- Therefore, to see a list of all files which haven't been backed up
- yet on your hard disk type:
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- ARCHSTATUS DH0: NEW
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- while to keep your M2 directory from being
- backed up (since you have it on your Modula distribution disks)
- type:
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- ARCHSTATUS DH0:MODULA/M2 SET
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- 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.
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- VERSION HISTORY:
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- 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
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