Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 12:11:52 +0300 From: Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> Cc: luoqi@watermarkgroup.com (Luoqi Chen), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: msdosfs win95 long file name support Message-ID: <199712230911.MAA00382@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Dec 1997 03:36:23 %2B0300."
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I wrote: > > > > Their long file name support is not very well designed too. For instance, > > if we are to create a file with long file name, we need to find a unique > > 8.3 name. The logical place is to do that is in the lookup code, where we > > traverse the whole directory. NetBSD's code instead does that in vnops code, > > which means that you need to go through the directory TWICE. This is a > > Bad Thing(TM) if the directory is very large (say, windows/system :) > > Oh, indeed, your way seems much better than the NetBSD's. Congratulations. On second thought... After 'touch AAAAA~1' and 'touch AA~99999' you will unable to create any long filename started with 'aa'. I am not sure if it is a Good Thing(TM). (Also, my windows/system is not very large. It is only 1 cluster in length :) Dima
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