Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Aug 1999 16:45:01 +0100 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: Your backup is unsafe! |
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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Khimenko Victor wrote:
> > The reason I ask this is that my understanding of the way the VFAT fs > > works implies that the two names are effectively independant, and the > > only requirement attached to them is that they both point to the same > > file. > > Wrong. LFN is attached to short name.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds very like an LFN is actually a (rather restricted) symlink.
Perhaps that's a potential solution.
It could make for rather ugly directory listings, but IMO that's better than the ugly code that we have now.
Matthew.
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