Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:27:00 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: "Paul M. Lambert" <plambert@plambert.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chflags "archived" flag? Message-ID: <20030417194056.B795-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030417075306.GZ71088@slappy.plambert.net>
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[cc'd to -fs because you might have more clue..]
>
> chflags(1) and chflags(2) and chflags(3) all mention SF_ARCHIVED as a flag
> that the superuser can set on a file or directory.
>
> My question is simple: what's this flag do? Does it have any effect?
>
Short answer: nothing. no.
Its only there to support msdos(5) type file systems.
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Andy Farkas
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Speednet Communications
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