And DOS itself -- it can read VFAT fine, but can trash a VFAT
directory on writing.
> > 2) I can use any old dos tool or anything that doesn't have a clue about
> > umsdos to zip, copy, or whatever whole directory structures, and then
> > unzip/copy them somewhere else, and whoa, without any trouble all my long
> > names, permissions, owners etc. are there.
> OK. This is a valid point... but any operations within Linux will work just
> fine, so you can "zip, copy, or whatever", so long as you do it with
> lfn-aware tools from dos, or any tools from within linux.
"LFN-aware tools" only work in Win95 dos boxen, not in DOS proper.
-hpa
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