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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2001 09:41:55 -0400
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	egor duda <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: storing symlink in extended attribute (on ntfs)
References:	<1791875116 DOT 20010510172000 AT logos-m DOT ru>

egor duda wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>   i've modified cygwin slightly to store symlink value in shortcut's
> extended attribute, and to try to get it from there. my (rough)
> benchmarking shows 30%-50% speedup in symlink resolution code.
> 
> turn ntea "on" before running.
> 

If this is a requirement for your patch then it isn't a viable solution.

Earnie.

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