Hi Bob, interesting point of view. But if you use ditto to make just a copy of that locked file, it does make a copy WITH the locked flag. Just not when zipping. So where is the difference? In both cases it creates a "new file". Obviously it has something to do with the zip container. Perhaps a zip file can't carry any flag or at least this uchg flag? That is too deep in the system for me, without any unix know how. Tiemo
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Bob Sneidar > Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Mai 2010 19:26 > An: How to use Revolution > Betreff: Re: AW: need advice for keeping file flags in a zip > > My gut feeling is that because zipping and unzipping files do not > literally move the files, but rather create new copies of the original, > it would be up to the zip application developer to reset flags to the > original file's state. The OS is doing exactly what it is being told to > do by the Zip application, and that is to create a file, and then write > stuff to it. If you think about it for a moment, what would happen if > the OS was told to create a new file with the locked attribute on, and > then told to write data to it? Why, the OS would say, "Sorry chum, > can't do that. You see, it's locked." > > Bob _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
