Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!selfless.tophat.at!news.glorb.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 12:35:39 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <34va98-dgm.ln1@dagon.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-95-178.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1305851739 18970 118.92.95.178 (20 May 2011 00:35:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 00:35:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4322 In message , Michael Wojcik wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message , Michael Wojcik wrote: >> >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>>> There’s a fundamental problem, in that all these special features like >>>> “junctions” and so on are intimately tied up with NTFS. There is no >>>> virtual filesystem layer, like on Linux and other sanely-designed *nix >>>> systems— everything is tied into that one specific filesystem. >>> Bullshit. Windows has a virtual filesystem layer (the volume manager). >>> Any alternative filesystems for Windows could support reparse points. >> >> >> > > Non-responsive, since neither of those address alternative filesystems. That being the point, that the features concerned are specific to NTFS, and not available with any other filesystem under Windows. >> But hey, what the hell do I know... > > A better question might be "what the hell do the authors of random > Wikipedia articles know?". The fact that Wikipedia articles are subject to peer review, of course.