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Bug 55693

Summary:	The Editor Does Not Set the Archive Attribute
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Gunnar Mjöberg <gunnar.mjoberg>
Component:	Resources	Assignee:	Platform-Resources-Inbox <platform-resources-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert
Version:	2.1.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
Whiteboard:

Description Gunnar Mjöberg

2004-03-23 11:01:10 EST

The file system in Windows offers a functionality for the taking of incremental 
backups. Files created and modified get the archive attribute set. Windows 
backup tools in general (including WinZip) can take incremental backups based 
on the archive attribute. If set, the file is backed up and the attribute is 
cleared.

It turns out that Eclipse's editor modifies files without setting the archive 
attribute. This is probably a typical Windows feature and I know your aim at 
implementing features on an operating system-independent level which I highly 
respect. However, I use this attribute for my record of files that should be 
checked in to CVS in the end of the day. I reset the bit after the daily 
morning CVS checkout and can look for files (dir /aa /s *.java) that have been 
modified or created when summarizing today's work in the end of the day.

(Eclipse 2.1.2, build 200311030802)

Best regards,

Gunnar Mjöberg

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2004-03-23 11:14:19 EST

We use core API.

Which editor? which build?

Comment 2 Gunnar Mjöberg

2004-03-23 11:24:53 EST

The Java and text editors within Eclipse (version 2.1.2, build 200311030802).

Comment 3 Rafael Chaves

2004-03-23 12:11:12 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 28790 ***