getxattr currently reports system.ntfs_reparse_data in full binary format, including reparse tag, zero filler, and UTF16 string (possibly double-zero terminated)

Can you provide please an exact data structure in both of cases, for Junction and Symbolics link?
Then, very curious what happens if one decides setting a non existent ntfs_reparse_data, especially for a non-empty directory and/or file?

Hi,


Yes.

Microsoft seems to consider information associated with junctions as hush-hush. What I know is at the top of libntfs-3g/reparse.c You can get useful information from http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/ju ... oints.aspx I have also analyzed the configurations used by Vista, but they do not cover all the possibilities, for instance I do not know what most reparse tag values found on msdn mean. So, if you find some official description, please let me know.

Setting a junction or symlink on a non-empty director or non-void file is forbidden by Microsoft (thank you for reminded me I still have to check that !), but right now I cannot find a reference in the msdn jungle. And if you meant using other types of reparse data, you are on your own.

Regards

Jean-Pierre