I was told that the archive bit for the file was not used by ADSM.  This was
a concern of ours when we were running backups in parallel for testing.
Andrew P. Schauerte

I.T. Analyst
Information Technology
(505) 828-5383
(505) 828-5500 (fax)
Honeywell
Defense Avionics Systems

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> From:         Prather, Wanda[SMTP:PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU]
> Sent:         Wednesday, March 10, 1999 7:47 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: You learn something new everyday.
>
> This sounds strange to me, too - I didn't think ADSM altered anything on
> disk during a backup.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Sims [SMTP:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 7:27 AM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Re: You learn something new everyday.
> >
> > >Because as most all backup solutions do,  ADSM writes
> > >an archive bit to the data that has been backed up.
> >
> > Or, rather, that the operating system updates the file's administrative
> > info to reflect it having been read by the application program?
> >    Richard Sims, BU
>