Date   : Tue, 10 Apr 1984102:19:00-PST
From   : bridger@Rand-Unix.ARPA
Subject: Filename attributes in lowercase - a proposal

On terminals that don't have highlighting, it's not easy to determine
a file's attributes.  I propose a simple, portable convention for
use in file utilities, telecommunications and applications programs:

If an attribute bit is set, display the corresponding character in the
filename in lower case.  Thus,

       STAT.coM        would be Read/Only, SYStem
       mAC.COM         would mean bit 1 is set

This isn't perfect -- a short filename or filetype won't always have
its attributes displayed.  But it could
readily be incorporated into the next revisions of MDM7, SD, XDIR, NSWP,...