Resetting archive attribute on copied files
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I am finding FFS a very useful utility - fast & reliable. It replaces some laborious batch files that I use to sync with. However, what I would like to see is an option to reset the archive attribute on copied files. This would allow me to quickly check if I need to perform any synch at all on a drive.
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I'll second this. It wouldn't necessarily make sense on a two-way sync operation, but on Mirror or Update it would be great.
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an option to reset the archive attribute on copied files
[...] mike-austin, 24 Jan 2014, 14:10
So you guys are talking about resetting of the Archive attribute on the original files and not on the newly created copies?[...]
It wouldn't necessarily make sense on a two-way sync operation, but on Mirror or Update it would be great. bvm42, 19 Mar 2015, 23:25
Are there any plans to this being implemented?
It seems that it would need to be in order to tackle this conundrum: viewtopic.php?t=10431
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So you guys are talking about resetting of the Archive attribute on the original files and not on the newly created copies?
Are there any plans to this being implemented?
[...] Synchronizator, 15 Jul 2023, 12:41
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Sounds like there are no plans for implementing this
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Just yesterday, I put in an update of a program.
Before doing so, I copied the program's "Profile folder" (as a backup).
In the existing Profile folder, I removed the archive attributes of the files within; ATTRIB -A *
Almost immediately, I did something in that updated program that I should not have done.
With that, I thought I may have screwed up my settings.
Knowing if I actually closed the program, my settings would update, & be screwed up, so I decided to kill the program instead.
In doing so, all I had to do was to look at the archive attributes of the files in the Profile folder, & seeing none set, & with that I knew my settings had not updated anything, & the inadvertent changes I made weren't going to screw me up.
(If not for the archive attribute, or lack thereof, I would have had to look more closely, file size/date & or done actually comparisons between the Profile folder & the backed up copy.)
(Now do realize that none of this is an end-all, because in the malware world, the malware may intentionally change or reset an Attribute, date... to hide its presence.)
Before doing so, I copied the program's "Profile folder" (as a backup).
In the existing Profile folder, I removed the archive attributes of the files within; ATTRIB -A *
Almost immediately, I did something in that updated program that I should not have done.
With that, I thought I may have screwed up my settings.
Knowing if I actually closed the program, my settings would update, & be screwed up, so I decided to kill the program instead.
In doing so, all I had to do was to look at the archive attributes of the files in the Profile folder, & seeing none set, & with that I knew my settings had not updated anything, & the inadvertent changes I made weren't going to screw me up.
(If not for the archive attribute, or lack thereof, I would have had to look more closely, file size/date & or done actually comparisons between the Profile folder & the backed up copy.)
(Now do realize that none of this is an end-all, because in the malware world, the malware may intentionally change or reset an Attribute, date... to hide its presence.)
