From: Damian Yerrick <DONT DOT YOU DOT DAREd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comSEND DOT SPAM>
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Subject: Re: rm -d and mangled fat entries
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 14:20:53 GMT
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:16:08 +0200 (IST), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>
>On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, nimrod a. abing wrote:
>
>> Too bad there isn't a DJGPP port.
>> 
>> Q: Will there be an fsck port for DJGPP?
>>    If not, plz explain why.
>
>I don't think fsck can be ``ported'' to DJGPP, since the filesystems
>supported by DJGPP are totally different from Unix filesystems.

That is, unless a FAT fsck comes with Linux.

>But there's no official DJGPP policy on what should be ported, so if
>someone has motivation, by all means go ahead.

This might help free DOS projects by providing a replacement for
ScanDisk.

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