Hi:
at the command line do a q copy type=archive or q copy type=archive f=d
to see your site definitions on archived files. Each archive is a unique
instance of what is archived and  the number of days it is retained is
determined by the retain version values. Once you archive the file, you can
delete or modify the original file and the archived file still 'lives' for
its retain version value.

>>> perpetua.selva AT RBCDS DOT COM 11/02/00 04:14PM >>>
I'm little puzzled by 'The life of the archives are have nothing to do with
updates to the original files. ' stmt. pls explain..

How do i know which ones to checkout and will i be able to restore if i ever
need to ?

Thanks