Give a choice to reset the archive bit for copy/move/archive

[mpovidlov]

I miss this: when archiving selected files, I want to clear their archive bit after copying. Let the user decide if this bit needs any modification. This would be very handy for regular backup, similar to xcopy when one can search for files with the archive bit set and copy them to, say, a ZIP file.

I thought this functionality should be there but could not find it. Sorry if the alarm is false.

[ghisler(Author)]

Indeed this option isn't currently there, because Total Commander isn't a backup program.

[Sombra]

2ghisler(Author)

I'm not interested on it specially, but a checkbox in sync tool/copy dialogue (or switch in wincmd.ini) as optional feature would be interesting.
Similar to the switch "DriveisCD", which reset the only read attributes when copy from cd-roms.

It would be useful for some users. Of course, surely with less performance on copies.

[jjk]

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[MaxPower]

I use Total Commander actually as a backup program . Manually changing and searching on the archive bit often.

Why? Because it is so fast! Since the bit is put automatically

If "Synchronise" would take into account the archive bit it could significantly increase the speed of this function no? It feels natural to me if this bit is taken into account.

Resetting the archive would then of course be the next logical demand .