Installable File Systems for OS/2

Installable File Systems for OS/2
Installable File System Mechanism Installable File System Overview Extended Attributes FSD File Image FSD Initialization IFS Commands File System Function Calls FSD System Interfaces FSD Calling Conventions and Requirements FS Service Routines FS Helper Functions Remote IPL / Bootable IFS mini-FDS Entry Points mini-FDS Helper Routines

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OS/2 File Systems Department
PSPC Boca Raton, Florida
Version 0.1
July 1993

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This document is based on the February 17, 1992 version of the printed IFS documentation.

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