Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #3793 Updated: session.gc_maxlifetime doesnot work

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: > Sascha Schumann wrote: > > If you want to verify it, get yourself a copy of the FAT32 > > documentation. I'm pretty sure it is well-documented. > > as far as i remember there is only one timestamp in FAT file > entries, last modification time, and even this is only with > a resolution of 2(!) seconds > > everything you see in the linux data structures is probably > only emulation/dummy for linux vfs compliance but not real > data > > will check my old DOS books as soon as i get home tonight As I said already, your old DOS books will tell you that there is an area of 10 bytes per directory entry which is marked as reserved. OS which employ VFAT (Win95 and later) use this reserved area to store additional data. The additional fields in the Linux structure have nothing to do with VFS compliance (that would be handled at another layer). - Sascha