Re: Meaning of file flags

[Jan Schaumann <jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost>]

Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:

> So perhaps we should describe it as
> 
>   archive bit set in underlying foreign filesystem
> 
> and perhaps deny setting it in filesystems that don't implement an
> archive bit.
> 
> (Probably, the use of this bit is now historical

Yes, that's what it seems like.

I've commited the suggested diff, using the term
"foreign filesystem" and noting how it might be used
by MS-DOS so as to at least provide the user with a
hint of what it is.

-Jan