On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Avi Aumick wrote:
> > If I'm not mistaken, NTFS also derives from OS/2's HPFS.
> >
> >
> NTFS may be derived from HPFS, but if you create a long filename like
> in Unix, it is a true long file name. It can not be directly copied to a
> dos os. The name must be changed to an 8.3 type format. In NTFS, the long
> file name is actually a comment like in the node name area. The file name
> still actually is 8.3.
You're mistaken. That behavior is VFAT. Long file names in NTFS, just as
in HPFS, are truly long file names. They're stored in the file's extended
attributes. NT's (and OS/2's) long file names on FAT are pointers to 8.3
filenames, but not NTFS/HPFS.
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