From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject: Re: Fixes to last snapshot
22 Mar 1998 14:01:32 -0800
Message-ID: <199803220004.TAA04454.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@hardy.bbc.com>
To: noer AT cygnus DOT com
Cc: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>[...]
>> I think that it should be a mount option rather than an environment setting,
>> actually.  How about these options:
>> 
>> 	mount
>> 	  -b		"binary" mount
>> 	  -p		posix semantics (case sensitive)
>> 	  -A		do not use extended attributes
>> 	  -r		"r"emovable device (floppy, zip drive)
>> 	  -s		create mount table in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
>
>I'm starting to think that perhaps use of the extended attributes
>should be off by default.  The files that get created are huge and
>there isn't any way that I know of to trim them down to a minimum
>size.  :-(

Is there a way to find the size of these files on a non-FAT partition?
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