tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971876119771204189.post7346689800677792746..comments2024-03-12T22:24:25.119-07:00Comments on Of Filesystems And Other Demons: Directory Entries and File PropertiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04456600991354270152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971876119771204189.post-58411679489739163482012-03-30T08:15:21.364-07:002012-03-30T08:15:21.364-07:00Hi Thierry,
I wouldn't say useless (maybe th...Hi Thierry, <br /><br />I wouldn't say useless (maybe the app cares about what the user sees when they issue the dir command) but it shouldn't be necessary for proper operation of the system.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04456600991354270152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971876119771204189.post-79944464884905864582012-03-30T00:41:00.001-07:002012-03-30T00:41:00.001-07:00Assume you have a filter driver that adds data to ...Assume you have a filter driver that adds data to a file and wants to hide it (for example, a header is added for the file system filter to perform its tasks). This changes the file size.<br /><br />In this case, do you think it is useless to touch the file size returned from IRP_MJ_DIRECTORY_CONTROL/IRP_MN_QUERY_DIRECTORY to return the size minus the extra data ?Thierry Franzettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057568199713436886noreply@blogger.com