storing symlink in extended attribute (on ntfs)

[Earnie Boyd]

egor duda wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>   i've modified cygwin slightly to store symlink value in shortcut's
> extended attribute, and to try to get it from there. my (rough)
> benchmarking shows 30%-50% speedup in symlink resolution code.
> 
> turn ntea "on" before running.
> 

If this is a requirement for your patch then it isn't a viable solution.

Earnie.

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