01-11-2011
That sort of behaviour normally happens when you have a master file somewhere on you network that synchronizes all slave boxes (overwrites) but also if someone asked a restoration...
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atlog(3) AtFS Toolkit Library atlog(3)
NAME
atSetComment, atUnlock - log and lock handling
SYNOPSIS
#include <atfs.h>
#include <atfstk.h>
int atSetComment (Af_key *aso, int commentType, char *commentText, int mode);
int atUnlock (Af_key *aso);
DESCRIPTION
atSetComment sets a comment attribute for the attributed software object aso. Valid commentTypes are
AT_COMMENT_INTENT
for expressing a change intent describing planned modifications.
AT_COMMENT_DESCR
for issuing a descriptive text expressing the purpose of the document.
AT_COMMENT_LOG
for writing a change log describing the changes made.
With the argument commentText, a default text may be given. According to the mode (see below), the user will be asked for entering the
comment attribute value. When a default text is given, this will be offered for modification. With an commentText argument, the previous of
the according comment attribute is taken as default text.
With the mode field, the behavior of atSetComment can be influenced. Three flags may me set:
AT_FROMSTDIN
advises atSetComment to read the user input from standard input, otherwise an editor will be started.
AT_REUSE causes reuse of the comment text expressed during the previous invocation of atSetComment, if there was any.
AT_CONFIRM lets the user confirm, that an comment shall be expressed. Otherwise, atSetComment asks for the comment text without prior
confirmation. This flag is ignored, when AT_FROMSTDIN is set and the change comment is taken from standard input.
atUnlock unlocks aso by calling af_unlock (manual page af_lock(3)). If a change intent was previously set for aso, this will be eliminated.
DIAGNOSTICS
atSetComment and atUnlock return FALSE (zero) on error. Additionally, the atError variable is set and afErrMsg holds a diagnostic message.
ENVIRONMENT
EDITOR - the default editor to be called.
SEE ALSO
af_lock(3)
AtFStk-1.12 Fri Jun 25 16:39:38 1993 atlog(3)