Re:[ros-general] filesystems / links / file types

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>  From      : ros-general-bounces(a)reactos.com 
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      : ros-general(a)reactos.com
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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?
 
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