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Re: storing symlink in extended attribute (on ntfs)
- To: egor duda <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: storing symlink in extended attribute (on ntfs)
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:41:55 -0400
- References: <1791875116.20010510172000@logos-m.ru>
- Reply-To: Cygwin Developers <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
egor duda wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> i've modified cygwin slightly to store symlink value in shortcut's
> extended attribute, and to try to get it from there. my (rough)
> benchmarking shows 30%-50% speedup in symlink resolution code.
>
> turn ntea "on" before running.
>
If this is a requirement for your patch then it isn't a viable solution.
Earnie.
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