>Win95 will render the HFV obsolete (Executor/Linux does not by default
>use HFV files for precisely this reason; ext2fs allows 255 character
>filenames), so Mac folders become ordinary directories with two files
>for each Mac file 'filename' and '%filename' which are the resource
>and data forks.
>
>Tim.
Doesn't this assume that they are using the VFAT filesystem? I wouldn't recommend designing solely for that. Leave the HFV as an option at least. I, for one, prefer using that as long as there is not a significant performance hit.
Plus, what if they are using a different filesystem? Heck, MS alone supports 3 different systems, Dos, NTFS (for Win NT), and now VFAT. Not to mention those of us running OS/2, who have HPFS. It would be far, far simpler to concentrate on perfecting HFV files than porting to 4 possible filesystems.
I'm still hoping for a Native OS/2 version, preferably with DIVE video support. That would burn rubber. Plus, with the new tools IBM is developing, it is a very simple operation to recompile Win9x apps into OS/2.
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Steve Sinnott, Networking and Advanced Operating Systems Specialist
SCS Consulting, Inc. - rrs0030@ibm.net - yyym44a@prodigy.com
Nuclear Device? What Nuclear Device would that be, Officer?