Message-Id:	<199911161632.KAA27135@darwin.sfbr.org>
Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:32:47 -0600 (CST)
From:	Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
Subject:	Re: First alpha symlink patch
To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
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-: > Wouldn't it be good to let symlinks be, say, 512 (or 511 if power of
-: > two isn't good), the smallest cluster size if I'm not mistaken, if we
-: > need some more space later.
-: 
-: This is acceptable - however I can't imagine right now, why the additional
-: space is required.

OTOH, you'll *always* have a least a cluster's worth of space (for
possible future use), even if the directory entry reports fewer bytes
than that.

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