On Apr 21 14:10, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:16:03PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > >> ntea relies on a set of win32 functions available to NT family only. > > > > > >Yes, but as I asked -- is that necessary? I mean, if it will require a > > >full rewrite of the ntea functionality, then NT is certainly a > > >prerequisite. > > > > I don't get what you are asking when you say "Is that necessary?" Are > > you suggesting that someone could emulate NTEA functionality in cygwin > > on 9x/Me? > > > > cgf > > Yes, I'm asking if that's possible (in your and others' educated opinion), > and if so, how much estimated effort that will involve. If there's too > much interdependence with the NT API, then it's probably not a good idea,
Have a look into cygwin's ntea.cc. It uses the NT Backup API which is how EA are read or written on NT. Now try to estimate how long it takes to implement something similar on 9x. I don't think it's worth the effort anyway. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Co-Project Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
