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From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects
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Date: 7 Oct 92 15:14:23 GMT
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In article <1992Oct7.135421.2806@meaddata.com> sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams) writes:
>Does anyone know if the Linux driver knows about the Unix info (gives
>full filenames, deeper directories, etc.)???

	I thought you would never ask :-).  We are talking about the Rock Ridge
extensions to iso9660, and yes the linux filesystem does know about it.  I
borrowed a RR disk from someone, implemented and tested it, and it all works,
at least as much as I have been able to test.  I have not been able to test the
deep directories and the block and character devices because the disk that I
have does not have any of them.  The b/c devices are simple enough that they
will probably work the first time, but I would not bet on the deep directories.
The code is all there, so in principle all it would ever need are bugfixes.

-Eric
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Eric Youngdale