2006-08-24 00:01:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The archive bit is turned on when a file is changed. It can be turned off manually or by program control. As stated earlier, it can be tested to as on or off, to allow any program action - such as backing up. There has been a move to checking date and time of last back up, along with various hashing mechanisms, to control backups, rather than the archive bit. The archive bit is fine, if you have one backup procedure, but if you are using multiple procedures, it can be an unreliable way to back up.
2006-08-24 00:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by blackfangz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Archive" is used when backing up files. Most businesses will do a full back up of their servers once a week. At that point the archive bit is turned on, and the backup program knows the file has been backed up. If at any time during the week that file is changed, the archive bit is cleared. Each night the backup programs goes through and makes a backup of ONLY the files that have changed. Then reset the archive bit to on. This makes backing up much faster as you normally only have to backup a handful of files each night rather than the whole hard drive. After a week of only backing up the changed files, the backup does another complete backup and the cycle repeats.
2006-08-24 00:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-24 00:09:10 · answer #3 · answered by methods 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-24 00:07:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋