| From: | Lee Bosch |
| Date: | 10 Mar 2001 at 17:45:38 |
| Subject: | [D5] Re: How to copy with clone |
Hello Dave
On 09-Mar-01, you wrote:
>> The .guide file is a little vague about this particular option.
>
> Not in my version.
The help file that I have doesn't mention what the flags represent; simply
that they are called "attributes" as opposed to "Datestamp", "Protection
Bits" and "Comment" (filenote).
>> A copy should be a copy and not look like a new file. Nyahh!!!
>
> Relative to the final destination it is a 'new' file.
>
> Subjectively to you, the file 'contents' are not.
The *ONLY* difference between the files are where they are located. If
your copy or move program is working correctly, they should be otherwise
indistinguishable. As such, I believe they should carry all the same
"attributes". To my thinking, the time stamp is an attribute of the file,
not the directory in which it resides. The FileInfoBlock certainly
suggests this relationship.
Lee Bosch