On 27 Jan 05  07:10:28, mark lewis got back to James Bradley 
-> Re: ZOC !

 JB> Now, isn't there a PKZIP switch that will force a file to be
 JB> rewritten, or some such?

 ml> yes and no... TTBOMK, you can't override a filesystem attribute...
 ml> even in coding, if i want to alter a file that has a filesystem
 ml> read-only attribute on it, i have to turn off the RO attribute and
 ml> then make the change... depending on the situation, i may also put the
 ml> RO attribute back on the file... 

Usage:  PKZIP [options] zipfile [{at}list] [files...]                         
                                                                           
-a+         clear archive Attribute after compression                      
-c          create/Edit Comments for all files                             
-C          add Comments for new files only                                
-i[-]       add files with archive Attribute set [don't turn attribute off]
-j|J mask|don't mask  files
(default=jhrs) 
-k          Keep original .ZIP file date                                   
-o          set .ZIP file date to the latest file in .ZIP file             
-q          enable ANSI codes in comments                                  
-t[date]    take files NEWER than or EQUAL to date (default=today)         
-T[date]    take files OLDER than date (default=today)                     
-w|W   include|exclude  files
(default=Whs)           

That's from screen 3 of the PKZIP help file...  




 ml> i highly suspect that it is a setting in the OS... if you aren't
 ml> aware, XP is based on NT and 2K... both are "server" type operating
 ml> systems... they have the capability of compressing, archiving and
 ml> otherwise saving or protecting files based on the settings for a
 ml> directory... this allows them to maintain more drive space by

My BW directories were created by me.  I think Jean may have 
added under directories already extant in XP.  


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