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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:50:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Apr 21 14:10, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:16:03PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > >> ntea relies on a set of win32 functions available to NT family only.
> > > >
> > > >Yes, but as I asked -- is that necessary?  I mean, if it will require a
> > > >full rewrite of the ntea functionality, then NT is certainly a
> > > >prerequisite.
> > >
> > > I don't get what you are asking when you say "Is that necessary?"   Are
> > > you suggesting that someone could emulate NTEA functionality in cygwin
> > > on 9x/Me?
> > >
> > > cgf
> >
> > Yes, I'm asking if that's possible (in your and others' educated opinion),
> > and if so, how much estimated effort that will involve.  If there's too
> > much interdependence with the NT API, then it's probably not a good idea,
>
> Have a look into cygwin's ntea.cc.  It uses the NT Backup API which is
> how EA are read or written on NT.  Now try to estimate how long it takes
> to implement something similar on 9x.  I don't think it's worth the
> effort anyway.
>
> Corinna

Thanks, that was essentially what I was asking.  Looks like I (again) was
remiss in my code browsing.  Apologies for the noise.
	Igor
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