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Subject:	Re: FAT32 extended bit + Network share bug status
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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:50:41 -0500 (CDT)
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> One more thing. I can create >2GB files in MS-DOS 7.10 (plain DOS) if
> I use the FAT32 extended flag, but not without it.

The bug author sent me a boot disk containing his environment.  I am
able to reproduce the network open bug using his boot disk, using either 
Windows 2000 or Windows XP as a disk server.  

If the file does not exist, everything works fine.  If the file exists, it
fails to open it with "file exists" error code on a network share.  Works
fine on the local disk; also works fine with the FAT32 extended bit clear
on the network share.

Eli's suggestion of just clearing the bit and trying again is what I may
try next.  I would only retry if a special flag was set and the error
code matched.

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