Re: Your backup is unsafe!

Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 16:43:47 +0400 (MSD)


In <aa06777206b9fa39@home-box.demon.co.uk> Robert de Bath (rd103978@home-box.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:
> Apperently the VFAT needs some more cleaning, I imagine when perfect the
> short names will have no effect what so ever if the filesystem is mounted
> as a VFAT partiton, the only way you'll be able to do anything with them
> is with the SAMBA ioctls.

You CAN NOT do this. Windows9X will be VERY upset if there are will be two
directories: one -- PROGRA~1 with LFN "Program files" and other -- some
other short name (not relevant) with LFN "PROGRA~1". And if short names are
hidded you can create such mess with just `mkdir PROGRA~1'...

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