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Re: Strange file !!!!!!


Hi hpoulard,

[...]
>     for a while am using cygnus win32 gcc,
>     a strange file named : Ea data. sf
>     (yes yes with 2 spaces !)
>
>     What is this strange file ??
>     I cannot erase it, I cannot see what there is in it .....

In this file *E*xtended *A*ttributes for files are stored, if this is a
FAT filesystem. "EA DATA. SF" does not exist for NTFS filesystems.

If you want to get rid of it, you can get Sergey's latest coolview
patch, which has switched off this "feature" by default.

[...]
>
>     Thx
>
>     PS = In addition to the mailing-list follow-up, may you
>          CC to the following plz : poulard@laas.fr   Thx

Bye.
Michael.
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