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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:29:01 -0400
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egor duda wrote:
> >>
> >> turn ntea "on" before running.
> 
> EB> If this is a requirement for your patch then it isn't a viable solution.
> 
> no, it's not requirement. i.e., it's possible to store symlinks in EA
> but don't store file modes (which is currently ntea's effect).
> 

Good.

> actually, what's wrong with ntea? it creates huge undeletable file on
> fat? i suppose to make my patch working only on ntfs partitions, so i
> think we won't see eadata files again.
> 

Yes, the huge undeletable file on fat.  Note that diskette is fat.  Yes,
we don't need to see those eadata files.

Earnie.

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