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Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2002 18:33:17 -0400
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Charles: Fwd: Re: NDBM & ODBM on Cygwin?
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Nicholas Wourms wrote:


>>I think the problem with ndbm is that he's using a FAT file system; 
>>gdbm's emulation of NDBM doesn't work on FAT -- but it's fine on NTFS.
>>
> 
> Why not?  I'm sure there has to be a way to get around this limitation?


Sure -- figure out a way to implement hardlinks on FAT.

--Chuck



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