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Thank You for using Windows 7. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Knox Knox 2, 2 2 gold badges 26 26 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges. R Read-only file attribute. A Archive file attribute. S System file attribute. H Hidden file attribute. I Not content indexed file attribute. Dave Burton Dave Burton 1 1 silver badge 8 8 bronze badges.

Here's the link to the answer that included D: Windows Explorers file attribute column values. Community Bot 1. Open a cmd. Ankit Moradiya Ankit Moradiya 11 1 1 bronze badge. Dennis Williamson Dennis Williamson 59k 14 14 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. I can tell you that the current version of BackupExec can use either the archive bit or the last modified timestamp for determining whether or not to back up a file.

Duane Duane. You have this exactly backwards. The OS sets the archive bit when a file is created or modified. Backup software clears the archive bit when the file is backed up.

Graeme is correct, the archive bit is set to indicate that the file needs to be archived, not that it has been archived. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. It is recommended that unsupported attributes be masked off when encountered.

A file or directory that is read-only. For a file, applications can read the file but cannot write to it or delete it. For a directory, applications cannot delete it, but applications can create and delete files from that directory. A file or directory that is hidden. Files and directories marked with this attribute do not appear in an ordinary directory listing. A file or directory that requires to be archived.

Applications use this attribute to mark files for backup or removal. A file that does not have other attributes set. This flag is used to clear all other flags by specifying it with no other flags set.

This flag MUST be ignored if other flags are set. A file that is being used for temporary storage. The operating system can choose to store this file's data in memory rather than on mass storage, writing the data to mass storage only if data remains in the file when the file is closed.

In the directory where the file is located, enter:. To clear an attribute with attrib , use - the minus sign , for example:. Using the minus signs after attrib in the above example clears the System, Hidden, and Read-only attributes from the file. This is document aift in the Knowledge Base.

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