Re: [boost] Boost.Filesystem i18n mini-review

From: Jan Hermelink (Jan.Hermelink_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-20 05:28:56

Russell Hind wrote:
> Peter Dimov wrote:
>> 
>> No. 8.3 aliases are optional on NTFS and turning them off improves
>> the performance of the file system, sometimes significantly.
>> 
> 
> Do you have any links to documentation on this (MSDN or whatever?) I
> didn't realise you could disable that feature and would be interested
> to 
> read about the advantages/disadvantages of doing so.

Sorry, no link. Bit I have described the registry value for this in my
other post.

You also can use the "fsutil" command:

        fsutil.exe behavior query disable8dot3

queries your setting, and

        fsutil.exe behavior set disable8dot3 1

disables 8.3 alias generation.

Jan