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to: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
from: Mike Byrne
date: 1994-08-03 19:00:20
subject: It`S A Long Long Filenam

JdBP>   You can if you like add support for the .longname extended attribute
 JdBP>   on 8.3 filesystems such as FAT or CDROM, but that's a lot more
 JdBP>   difficult, and not IMO worth the bother.

That's the part that I'd like to know.  :)  I wasn't sure if it was like
that on HPFS drives or not, or if it was automatic there, but I'd like to
know how to manupulate ea.longname, and eas in general, if you have any
info...

- Mike



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