[ros-general] filesystems / links / file types
ea at iol.it
ea at iol.it
Fri Feb 27 16:08:21 UTC 2004
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Date : Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:05:33 +0100
Subject : [ros-general] filesystems / links / file types
> hi,
>
> Which filesystems will reactOS support?
> The current version just understands FAT, somewhere I read you plan NTFS.
>
> but, why?
Supporting is not a "why" question, but a "what" question.
> wouldn't it be much better to use ext2/ext3 or similar?
There are GPL'd drivers for ext2/3 on the net ("what").
> the links...
> one serious drawback of windows is the lack of "real" links.
I used hard links since NT 4.0. And symlinks since NT 5.0 (2000). You just need a NTFS logical volume and a pair of utilities MS does not distributes...
> ever tried to use links as if they were the real files?
> it simple does not work most of the times. this really is annoying.
These are probably *.lnk files, which are serialized references used internally by explorer.exe. Why should they work?
ea
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