From:	earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject:	Re: Feedback needed on proposed cygwin feature
3 Dec 1997 04:11:48 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<19971203040857.9644.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com>
To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

>From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT bbc DOT com>
>Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 17:46:58 -0500 (EST)
>To: jazz AT softway DOT com
>Subject: Re: Feedback needed on proposed cygwin feature
>Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
>
>>> Extended attributes are not an option for Windows 95, however.
>>
>>Didn't Sergey's Coolview extensions provide a mechanism for storing
>>extended attributes on FAT filesystems and under Win95? Or am I
>>misremembering things?
>
>Just under Windows NT, I think.
>
>I do remember that people using FAT on Windows NT complained because
>cygwin was creating a large file to hold the extended attributes, also.
>That may be another mark against using them.

Yes, the file grew to be about 150M before I found out what was eating 
up the disk space.  I removed the coolview patches on my Windows NT but 
now use the latest coolview on my W95.  My WinNT has a FAT mount.

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