From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:56:32 -0600, carl@invlalid.com wrote:   
      
   >I see the Archive setting when I use Properties to save a file as Read   
   >Only.  Why is there such a setting, and where do these archived files   
   >go?   
      
   It marks the file as changed.   
      
   I use it in batch files --- for example I can ask for all the files in   
   a directory with the archive bit set to be updated in a ZIP archive,   
   and for the archive bit then to be reset.   
      
   I use it to transfer data files between my desktop and laptop computer   
   -- the batch file copies the ZIP archive to a USB flash drive, and   
   then on the other computer the changed files are unZIPped and put in   
   the relevant directory. This makes it possible to transfer the changed   
   files with a single command (a call to the batch file), and it saves a   
   bit of time in copying only the changed files rather than all of them.   
      
      
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