Re: [PATCH] Speeding up FAT operations
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
24 Sep 1998 08:13:46 GMT
Followup to: <36094966.4C809A4B@teleteam.net>
By author: Trever Adams <highlander@teleteam.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> > open "blah hi" as binary #1 (or something like this)
> > print #1, "jkfsdjlkfsdjkl"
> > close #1
> >
> > Then you can open "blah hi" with the QBASIC program again.
> >
> > The system never reported it as an error or anything, and it would show up as
> > a valid file when you did a DIR. In fact, when you got a directory listing,
> > it would show it with the space.
>
> I think you will find that the space probably became chr$(255) if I
> remember correctly. I believe some of the OS/2 rule breaking files are
> also char 255. (Maybe it was 128... I cant even remember what space is
> off hand, but I do remember that these tended to be something NOT
> space.)
>
> To check it out go to a DOS/windows/etc box and try to edit that file...
> you know how to get all the blah hi stuff.. for the space do ALT+255
> (255 must be done on the numpad).
>
> Anyway, this is how I remember it. I used to hide things in files that
> way as well.
>
No, you could put an honest-to-goodness space there.
-hpa
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