Re: Advanced file manipulation (multiple question)

[Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> Since we seem to have lost the attribution that the original poster
> was interested in Windows...

We may not still be quoting it, but it's still part of the thread.

> Certainly not all files.
> 
> Does that method preserve out-of-band record and page marks on other
> operating systems ?

Not a factor for the OS of interest.

> Certainly it does not preserve all the information, as would be the
> case from calling an OS-specific procedure.

Certainly all files under the OS of interest.

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