Feedback needed on proposed cygwin feature
Chris Faylor
cgf@bbc.com
Mon Dec 1 22:51:00 GMT 1997
>> Extended attributes are not an option for Windows 95, however.
>
>Didn't Sergey's Coolview extensions provide a mechanism for storing
>extended attributes on FAT filesystems and under Win95? Or am I
>misremembering things?
Just under Windows NT, I think.
I do remember that people using FAT on Windows NT complained because
cygwin was creating a large file to hold the extended attributes, also.
That may be another mark against using them.
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