I cannot see this topic anywhere...
I keep track of what in my 1.2TB of files I have backed up to dvr-r by the archive attribute.
On the copy settings I select preserve attributes of copied files but it is not preserved.
Nero will clear the archive bit when I copy the file to dvc-r.
Then opus will set it on again when I copy the file to another directory.
Is there some way to preserve the archive attribute when copying a file?
Hello takarada,
Confirmed !
It's a problem with Nero.
I burned two DVD-R data DVD's to see this.
The problem can be fixed by zipping the files first.
The attributes of the contents of the zip file are preserved.
Interesting though that DVD movies copied through Nero Recode retain the archive bit.
Regards,
Porcupine
[quote="takarada"]I cannot see this topic anywhere...
I keep track of what in my 1.2TB of files I have backed up to dvr-r by the archive attribute.
On the copy settings I select preserve attributes of copied files but it is not preserved.
Nero will clear the archive bit when I copy the file to dvc-r.
Then opus will set it on again when I copy the file to another directory.
Is there some way to preserve the archive attribute when copying a file?[/quote]
There is a separate setting on the same page of Preferences named:
Mark copied files as archived (clear the A flag)
You were so close that if it were a snake, it would've bit you! 
Nobody could understand what I was talking about when I reported this problem before so I will try again.
According to the manual, if the preserve attributes option is set on, copying the file will not change the archive attribute of the file
In this example I copy a file from the c:\source_directory to the c:\destination_directory.
But it does not work, the archive bit is not the same after the copy.
I have 1.5TB of files on my hard disks, some are backed up and some are not. Those that are backed up have the archive bit cleared. I cannot remember what is backed up and what is not unless I use the archive attribute.
At present I manually maintain the archive bit after every copy or move for each file in the move.
Is there a work around for this? Can I write opus commands that will check the attributes of each file in a copy or move and then apply those attributes to the copied file? Then run this code whenever a drag and drop operation is performed?
Thanks
This seems like a bug to me. I've reported it to GPSoft.
There actually seem to be TWO bugs:
bug 1) If the 'preserve attributes' option is enabled, then as in the case of takarada's last screenshot, copying a file withOUT an archive flag set should result in the COPIED file NOT having the archive flag set either...
comment1: this is a little 'against tradition' though... the archive bit has alway been set on for a copiy of a file... since technically, THAT file is a new file on the filesystem and has not been archived until you copy IT.
bug 2) regardless of the other settings... the 'mark copied file as archived' option just plain doesn't seem to work. Copied files here always get an archive bit set...
comment2: even "if" this were working, I'd imagine that 'setting' this option is not a workaround for the situation above, because I guess someone might want to be able to copy a file WITH an archive bit set, and leave it set on the destination copy... and I would expect that combining both the 'preserve attributes' and 'mark copied file as archived' options should cause ALL attributes to be retained, EXCEPT that regardless of the state of the source files archive bit, the copied file should have THAT bit cleared.
