tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) (06/27/90)
><> >Item:1505 About: problems using archive bit under VP/ix >Author: [Harley Hahn] (*Masked*@cs.utexas.edu) >Date: Sat Jun 23 03:42:30 1990 >The archive bit does not stay set. >I can demonstrate this by setting it with the Norton FA command >(yes, DOS Norton U. do tun under VP/ix) >but it (the bit) immediately turns back off. Where are your file ? 1) A DOS partition with VP/IX access.... This should work and there must be a bug. 2) A UNIX file system with DOS files on it.... Hmm... I wonder if this would EVER work .. there is no archive bit to SET on a UNIX file system (unless they arent telling me something here at the labs). 3) The "Emulated DOS HD" in a file thing... It should work there as well. ========[ Xanadu Enterprises Inc. Amiga & Unix Software Development]======== = "The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a = = soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with = = an idea." - computer saying. (from The Wizardry Compiled by Rick Cook) = ============= Ken Jamieson: uunet!tronsbox.xei.com!tron1 ================== = NONE of the opinions represented here are endorsed by either = = Xanadu Enterpises or its clients, AT&T Bell Labs or others. = ==== The Romantic Encounters BBS 201-759-8450(2400) / 201-759-8568(PEP) ====
harley@cs.utexas.edu (Harley Hahn) (06/27/90)
In article <2687f4c2-5e1.1comp.unix.i386-1@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) writes: >Where are your file ? > >1) A DOS partition with VP/IX access.... > This should work and there must be a bug. > >2) A UNIX file system with DOS files on it.... > Hmm... I wonder if this would EVER work .. there is no archive bit > to SET on a UNIX file system (unless they arent telling me something > here at the labs). > >3) The "Emulated DOS HD" in a file thing... > It should work there as well. My files are DOS files created under VP/ix. That is, they reside on a VP/ix maintained DOS file system (within the Unix tree). This is the standard way of doing things and it is supposed to work. The archive bit is part of the DOS file system that VP/ix simulates. In fact, you can set the bit but it goes off immediately. I can't mount a DOS file system because my DOS partition are 4.0 which are not supported by VP/ix.