On Apr 20 16:59, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Well, actually, I've always wondered -- what makes NTEA NT-specific? For
It isn't. It's OS/2 specific. NT allows extended attributes for OS/2 compatibility in the first place. > the most part, all NTEA does is store some information (e.g., permissions, > and, of late, owner) in a special file in the root directory. The only Only on FAT. NTFS stores them in a file stream (as HPFS?). Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Co-Project Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/