Date: 29 Aug 1997 22:29:00 +0200
From: mjs AT prg DOT hannover DOT sgh-net DOT de (Mark Junker)
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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References: <199708290345 DOT PAA07422 AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz>
Subject: Re: Linux fat support with OpenDOS extensions?
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Hi physmsa,

you wrote 29.08.97 in the Area /List/OpenDOS
to the mail "Re: Linux fat support with OpenDOS extensions?":

> Ultimately, though, I'd like to see a new filesystem for OpenDOS (no
> reason why the same system calls cannot be used, of course), and for
> FAT directory entries the most compatible (all-round) solution might be
> to have...
>
> OFFSET    PRESENT OPENDOS        WIN 95 USE       PROPOSED NEW STANDARD
> ======    ===============        ===========      =====================
> 00-0B     ----------------name,ext,attr-------    (no change here)
> 0C        dunno                 reserved (case?)  (no change)
> 0D        dunno                 creation 10ms     creation time in 10ms
  ^^
NovellDOS used this byte to store the first character of deleted files to be
able to re-create the original filename during undelete.

> 0E-0F     encrypted password    creation time     zero
> 10-11     group (GID)?          creation date     creation date
> 12-13     owner (UID)           last access date  last access date
> 14-15     permissions flags     reserved (zero)   permissions flags
> 16-1F     ------------date/time of last write, starting cluster ---
>

Regards, MJS