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> This sequence of events is actually recognized in the Windows filesystem code.. and turned into a file-replace operation Woah. I have quite a bit of experien

> This sequence of events is actually recognized in the Windows filesystem code.. and turned into a file-replace operation Woah. I have quite a bit of experience digging through the crap in Windows kernel, but this seems to top all of that. Do you happen to have any references? MSDN, some forum threads, anything? Frankly I just find it hard to believe.

wrs 16y ago
This is documented now, at least for creation times, short names, and file IDs. Apparently the filesystem can choose what to "tunnel" across the delete+rename. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172190 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172190 http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=22 http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=22 History: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/07/15/439261.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/07/15/43926...
- huhtenberg 16y ago
  Reading... thanks.