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Re: Future (post E 2.0) idea
In article <01I3GD2ZDVXU00B0B6@DEPAUW.EDU>, DECLARKG@DEPAUW.EDU (NO GOOD
DEED GOES UNPUNISHED) declares...
> I was just thinking today, and a matter of curiosity came up. The
>problem I have with HFV files (beyond the little bug that for now limits
>them to 128 MB) is that they are simply a large, combersome file on my
>hard drive, which makes backing up my hard drives all that much more
>interesting. It is a wonderful innovation, don't get me wrong, but in the
>future, especially post-7.5 drop-in, I can think of an additional means
>which might make some people a little more happy.
[drive-formatting snipped]
While having HFS-formattable drives would be very nice, and I certainly
would use the capability if it existed, it doesn't seem like it should be a
priority for anyone. I think all of the long-file-name-using OSes under
which Executor runs except NT allow you to use those long file names.
F'rinstance, if I run Executor under Win95, I see 32-character names. I
occasionally have problems running binaries directly out of the DOS
filesystem, but those problems are rare.
Scott Shuchart
shuchart@fas.harvard.edu
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