[Wylug-help] Windows Archive Tag (Explained)

[Jim Jackson]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Dominic Liversidge wrote:

> right yes when you right click a file you can change
> the archive tag in windows but as soon as you put them
> in a zip file or on a cd the archive tag is
> automatcily added
>
> because my linux server is a standalone and i do most
> of my work on my xp machine (dreamweaver and file
> trasfer via msn) then i put it on CD to move to my
> linux one the problem is i run a MUD (multi user
> dungeon) which has over 100 text files that need to be
> read and written on weve checked all our source code
> and theve all been CHMODED 777 and weve bottled it
> down to this archive tag thats making certain parts of
> the mud not work

change the permissions on linux box to something more sane.
Do a script to copy the stuff from the CD and to do the relevant chmod's
to automate it.

>
> im at a loss is there anyway i can remove this tag
>
> (sorry for the double posting but someone wanted a
> more detailed explanation)
>
> anyway im off to work now
>
>
>
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