File attribute Compressed also means that new files in a directory will be compressed

Open axelkar opened this issue 4 months ago • 1 comments

Type of issue

Missing information

Description

Crurently the Compressed file attribute is documented like this:

The file is compressed.

It's missing information. The Compressed file attribute can also be present on directories, on which it means that new files will be compressed (and new directories will have the flag set).

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.fileattributes?view=net-8.0

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/blob/main/xml/System.IO/FileAttributes.xml

Document Version Independent Id

bf49dcd7-ad7f-309a-53b0-c616a0f73951

Platform Id

6b924f95-76e8-a34b-543f-e3a77a0fb512

Article author

@dotnet-bot

Aug 17 '25 12:08 axelkar