From: sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Subject: RE: File operations speed-up
18 Mar 1997 13:39:23 -0800
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        "'Rick Rankin'"
	 <rrankin AT primenet DOT com>
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Rick Rankin wrote:
> What are you going to do about backup utilities that clear this bit when 
a
> file has been backed up? I assume that there are still backup utilities 
out
> there that use the archive bit for determining when a file needs to be
> backed up.

If archive bit is cleared, the speed-up code will not work, current 
cygwin's slow code will do all the work. But You are right - if backup 
utulity don't back up files with this bit cleared, all executables and 
symlinks will not be backed up. It's up to You - to use or not to use this 
patch :-)

--
Sergey Okhapkin
Moscow, Russia
Looking for a job.


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