From:	rdparker AT butlermfg DOT org (Parker, Ron)
Subject:	RE: New winsup snapshot 9/14/98
18 Sep 1998 13:19:44 -0700 :
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To:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>,
	"Parker, Ron"
	<rdparker AT butlermfg DOT org>,
	Corinna Vinschen <corinna DOT vinschen AT cityweb DOT de>,
	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

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>>> Does anyone know if there is any "slop" in the directory entries for
>>> VFAT that would allow us to shove some extra information in?
>>
>>VFAT in the driver. I assume you mean FAT|FAT32 directory entries.
>
>No, I actually meant VFAT.  VFAT adds "special" entries to the
directory
>to allow long filenames.
>
>>By slop do you mean unused bits and bytes?
>
>Yes.

My memory lapse.  I forgot the meaning of VFAT changed over time. MS did
use a VFAT driver without long filenames on latter versions of Win 3.1*,
like WFW.

To answer your question, I will have to look at some old code I wrote at
home for accessing LFNs under DOS.  I do not have e-mail there.  So, I
will try to get back to you on Monday.

I was curious.  How could this be used to our advantage w/o a device
driver to modify VFATs behavior? And, how how would this address the
NT/9x network problem?

BTW, I kind of like the shadow directory idea.

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