Actually, the mechanisms for writing data to an HPFS partition IS significantly
different than that of reading it. Part of it comes from the fact that a
'proper' write to an hpfs partition involves knowing how big the file is
going to be when it's first created. However, I don't think it's possible
to specify that information with the standard unix calls. I don't know
specifically what other factors are involved in the process, just that
it does take a different approach than the reading. Ever notice how many
dos programs that read hpfs partitions there are? I think I've only ever
seen 1 that could actually write to those partitions, and it was a pretty
crippled alpha level program with instructions that didn't come in
english. It's not just the linux crowd stuck with only being able to
read these partitions.
Gary Schrock
root@eyelab.msu.edu