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From: bayes@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: BASIC/HFS/long file name systems (was Re: Switching from Sun to HP)
Message-ID: <560010@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Apr 91 22:30:57 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
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Belated response--it doesn't use the "boot blocks" (8K LIF directory at
the front of the disk); rather, it uses the HFS "superblock" to determine
file system type.  A longfilename system has a different magic number
hidden in its superblock than does a shortfilename system.

BASIC/WS requires an AWFUL LOT of mods to support longfilenames.

Scott Bayes