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Re: Archive bit on directories


Thanks, Harry. As I understand the documentation, /K pertains to the
read-only bit, not the archive bit. But I didn't realise /D can be used
without an argument. I'll have to think about whether it would catch
all the files I want to copy (seems that it would).


Martin

Harry Binswanger wrote:



Martin wrote:



I've recently switched from 98 to XP and have noticed that the archive
bits on some of my directories keep getting re-set. I've just
diagnosed the problem: xcopy between directories sets the archive bit
on the target directory (though xcopy for a specific file does not).
Maybe this is well known, though I couldn't find it in the archives.
(I regularly transfer files between two computers via a portable HD using

xcopy e:\xy c:\xy\ /M/Y/S
to get the files from the portable drive.)




Is it a problem with your switches? XCOPY /? says:
"/M Copies only files with the archive attribute set, turns off the
archive attribute."


I wonder if what it really does is *toggles* the archive attribute, and
that would work fine for copy files, but not directories.


Note also:
 /K      Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only
attributes.


I wonder if this syntax is supported: /-K
since they do support: /-Y

At any rate, I'd recommend using XCOPY as I do: ignore attributes and go
by file date.


xcopy c:\*.* /c /e /f /d /y E:\

(if E: is your other drive).


Harry Binswanger
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