ML>    Calling DosQueryPathInfo for level 2 information,
 ML>buffer_name.cbList always displays a value for EA bytes
 ML>associated with the file (or directory) that is exactly
 ML>twice what "dir /n" (in a FAT partition)
 ML>shows for that same file.

That's the recommended buffer size for retrieving the data, not the
size of the data itself.

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