Batch changing of archive attribute

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I do my backups by means of DOS batch files that copy to CDs the files
in certain directories that have their archive attributes set on.

I have now bought a new machine running XP. I want to set the archive
attributes off in all files in certain directories whose file dates
are earlier than a particular date.

In order to do this, I did a search for all files whose file dates
satisfied my need and which were located in the particular
directories. When the search was complete, I selected all of the
found files and tried to set their archive bits off by using the
File/Properties dialog. However, the results were uneven.

Does anybody have a better way to do this?

Musawwir Spiegel
musman@aprilfool.info

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"Musawwir Spiegel" <mms@spiegel-law.com> wrote in message
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> I do my backups by means of DOS batch files that copy to CDs the files
> in certain directories that have their archive attributes set on.
>
> I have now bought a new machine running XP. I want to set the archive
> attributes off in all files in certain directories whose file dates
> are earlier than a particular date.
>
> In order to do this, I did a search for all files whose file dates
> satisfied my need and which were located in the particular
> directories. When the search was complete, I selected all of the
> found files and tried to set their archive bits off by using the
> File/Properties dialog. However, the results were uneven.
>
> Does anybody have a better way to do this?
>
> Musawwir Spiegel
> musman@aprilfool.info

A more elegant way would be to use xxcopy.exe
to copy your files, followed by attrib.exe /s /b to
reset their attributes. With xxcopy (which you need
to download), you can select which files are to be
copied: Either those before a given date or after a
given date. xcopy.exe is sadly lacking in this regard.