From: address@is.invalid   
      
   JJ,   
      
   >>> It's just that, modern OSes don't use it anymore.   
   >>   
   >> I can't even remember it /ever/ been used. DOS era or later.   
   ...   
   > In DOS, it's used by BACKUP, RESTORE,   
      
   That might explain it.   
      
   The only times I have heard the latter mentioned was when someone could not   
   restore their backups, because they had a newer version of DOS installed   
   (IOW, zero backwards compatibility).   
      
   > and XCOPY.   
      
   You got me there, it looks like I have forgotten it supported the Archive   
   bit. :-|   
      
   ... Perhaps because its a bit useless (understatement) on computers where   
   every tom-dick-and-harry could muck around with it (IOW, absolutily   
   un-dependable).   
      
      
   By the way:   
      
   "Windows NT couldn't care less about that attribute." Under XP that   
   attribute is, using the GUI, accesible thru a files properties -> advanced   
   dialog.   
      
   "It's FAT's file attribute." NTFS (the one I could check) also has it.   
      
   "But that attribute is not DOS' file attribute." Nobody here claimed that it   
   was ("DOS *era*" is a time designation).   
      
   ... though to be honest, if asked I would also have said its a filesystem   
   thing.  IOW, I learned something too. :-)   
      
      
   Also:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_bit   
      
   It specifically mentions OS-es, not file systems.   
      
   https://networkencyclopedia.com/archive-attribute/   
      
   Same here,  it talks about the Windows OS having the Archive Attribute.  No   
   mentioning of filesystems its limited to.   
      
   (I tried to find a list of filesystems to see which ones supported the   
   Archive attribute, but could not readily find any such thing.  Which I find   
   telling in itself)   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)