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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:29:14 -0400
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> Getting this NTFS capability back under Win32 is not a trivial task,
> perhaps not doable without writing a kernel subsystem .
> P.S.: The Interix Posix subsystem knows the difference on NTFS

We've talked about bypassing the win32 file system layer for other
things, but decided against it because it lets you create files that
other standard win32 programs (like explorer) can't deal with.

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