chflags "archived" flag?

[Andy Farkas]

[cc'd to -fs because you might have more clue..]

>
> chflags(1) and chflags(2) and chflags(3) all mention SF_ARCHIVED as a flag
> that the superuser can set on a file or directory.
>
> My question is simple: what's this flag do?  Does it have any effect?
>

Short answer: nothing. no.

Its only there to support msdos(5) type file systems.

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        Andy Farkas
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