Re: hfs

Dan Bethe wrote:

quoted

I'm under the impression that HFS is basically a subset of HFS+, i.e.
HFS+
working should fix HFS.  I could easily be wrong, though.

	Well I would guess that it would, but not automatically.  If you go to
an OS that only supports HFS, and you mount an HFS+ filesystem, it will
work but only one file will be available.  It's the magic file entitled
"Where have all my files gone?" or something like that.  So technically
HFS+ is a superset of HFS.  :)

No, HFS+ is similar to HFS, and an HFS+ filesystem can be (and usually is)
wrapped in an HFS filesystem.  All that needs to be read out of the HFS
filesystem to get to the HFS+ filesystem is about a dozen bytes of the MDB.

	I guess there are a bunch of people speculating all day rather than
coding it, which is understandable.  Perhaps the primary maintainers of
the most prominent HFS+ and HFS code can surface and let people know
what they're doing, and what they need help on.  Or maybe they'll just
pop up one day and say "Hey we're all done!  Here ya go!"  :^)

No, there's a bunch of people that have things they are being paid to do
that take up most of their time.  I am the lead of the HFS+ code, and I
know I haven't had time to touch it in about 5 or 6 months.  The other
people who are helping me aren't much better off.  If other people want
to help, they're welcome...

	Brad Boyer
	flar@pants.nu

P.S.: I've been exceptionally busy the last few weeks, and I'm way behind
in my list mail...  Now that E3 is over, I should have a little more time.


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