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USING VFAT
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To use the vfat filesystem, use the filesystem type 'vfat'. i.e.
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mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt
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No special partition formatter is required. mkdosfs will work fine
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if you want to format from within Linux.
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VFAT MOUNT OPTIONS
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umask=### -- The permission mask (for files and directories, see umask(1)).
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The default is the umask of current process.
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dmask=### -- The permission mask for the directory.
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The default is the umask of current process.
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fmask=### -- The permission mask for files.
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The default is the umask of current process.
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codepage=### -- Sets the codepage number for converting to shortname
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characters on FAT filesystem.
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By default, FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE setting is used.
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iocharset=name -- Character set to use for converting between the
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encoding is used for user visible filename and 16 bit
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Unicode characters. Long filenames are stored on disk
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in Unicode format, but Unix for the most part doesn't
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know how to deal with Unicode.
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By default, FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET setting is used.
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There is also an option of doing UTF-8 translations
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with the utf8 option.
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NOTE: "iocharset=utf8" is not recommended. If unsure,
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you should consider the following option instead.
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utf8=<bool> -- UTF-8 is the filesystem safe version of Unicode that
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is used by the console. It can be be enabled for the
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filesystem with this option. If 'uni_xlate' gets set,
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UTF-8 gets disabled.
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uni_xlate=<bool> -- Translate unhandled Unicode characters to special
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escaped sequences. This would let you backup and
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restore filenames that are created with any Unicode
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characters. Until Linux supports Unicode for real,
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this gives you an alternative. Without this option,
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a '?' is used when no translation is possible. The
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escape character is ':' because it is otherwise
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illegal on the vfat filesystem. The escape sequence
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that gets used is ':' and the four digits of hexadecimal
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unicode.
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nonumtail=<bool> -- When creating 8.3 aliases, normally the alias will
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end in '~1' or tilde followed by some number. If this
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option is set, then if the filename is
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"longfilename.txt" and "longfile.txt" does not
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currently exist in the directory, 'longfile.txt' will
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be the short alias instead of 'longfi~1.txt'.
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quiet -- Stops printing certain warning messages.
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check=s|r|n -- Case sensitivity checking setting.
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s: strict, case sensitive
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r: relaxed, case insensitive
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n: normal, default setting, currently case insensitive
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shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed
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-- Shortname display/create setting.
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lower: convert to lowercase for display,
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emulate the Windows 95 rule for create.
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win95: emulate the Windows 95 rule for display/create.
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winnt: emulate the Windows NT rule for display/create.
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mixed: emulate the Windows NT rule for display,
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emulate the Windows 95 rule for create.
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Default setting is `lower'.
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<bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
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TODO
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* Need to get rid of the raw scanning stuff. Instead, always use
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a get next directory entry approach. The only thing left that uses
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raw scanning is the directory renaming code.
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POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
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* vfat_valid_longname does not properly checked reserved names.
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* When a volume name is the same as a directory name in the root
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directory of the filesystem, the directory name sometimes shows
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up as an empty file.
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* autoconv option does not work correctly.
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BUG REPORTS
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If you have trouble with the VFAT filesystem, mail bug reports to
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chaffee@bmrc.cs.berkeley.edu. Please specify the filename
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and the operation that gave you trouble.
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TEST SUITE
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If you plan to make any modifications to the vfat filesystem, please
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get the test suite that comes with the vfat distribution at
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http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/vfat.html
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This tests quite a few parts of the vfat filesystem and additional
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tests for new features or untested features would be appreciated.
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NOTES ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE VFAT FILESYSTEM
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(This documentation was provided by Galen C. Hunt <gchunt@cs.rochester.edu>
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and lightly annotated by Gordon Chaffee).
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This document presents a very rough, technical overview of my
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knowledge of the extended FAT file system used in Windows NT 3.5 and
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Windows 95. I don't guarantee that any of the following is correct,
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but it appears to be so.
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The extended FAT file system is almost identical to the FAT
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file system used in DOS versions up to and including 6.223410239847
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:-). The significant change has been the addition of long file names.
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These names support up to 255 characters including spaces and lower
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case characters as opposed to the traditional 8.3 short names.
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Here is the description of the traditional FAT entry in the current
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Windows 95 filesystem:
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struct directory { // Short 8.3 names
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unsigned char name[8]; // file name
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unsigned char ext[3]; // file extension
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unsigned char attr; // attribute byte
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unsigned char lcase; // Case for base and extension
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unsigned char ctime_ms; // Creation time, milliseconds
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unsigned char ctime[2]; // Creation time
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unsigned char cdate[2]; // Creation date
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unsigned char adate[2]; // Last access date
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unsigned char reserved[2]; // reserved values (ignored)
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unsigned char time[2]; // time stamp
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unsigned char date[2]; // date stamp
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unsigned char start[2]; // starting cluster number
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unsigned char size[4]; // size of the file
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};
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The lcase field specifies if the base and/or the extension of an 8.3
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name should be capitalized. This field does not seem to be used by
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Windows 95 but it is used by Windows NT. The case of filenames is not
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completely compatible from Windows NT to Windows 95. It is not completely
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compatible in the reverse direction, however. Filenames that fit in
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the 8.3 namespace and are written on Windows NT to be lowercase will
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show up as uppercase on Windows 95.
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Note that the "start" and "size" values are actually little
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endian integer values. The descriptions of the fields in this
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structure are public knowledge and can be found elsewhere.
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With the extended FAT system, Microsoft has inserted extra
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directory entries for any files with extended names. (Any name which
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legally fits within the old 8.3 encoding scheme does not have extra
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entries.) I call these extra entries slots. Basically, a slot is a
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specially formatted directory entry which holds up to 13 characters of
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a file's extended name. Think of slots as additional labeling for the
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directory entry of the file to which they correspond. Microsoft
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prefers to refer to the 8.3 entry for a file as its alias and the
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extended slot directory entries as the file name.
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The C structure for a slot directory entry follows:
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struct slot { // Up to 13 characters of a long name
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unsigned char id; // sequence number for slot
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unsigned char name0_4[10]; // first 5 characters in name
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unsigned char attr; // attribute byte
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unsigned char reserved; // always 0
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unsigned char alias_checksum; // checksum for 8.3 alias
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unsigned char name5_10[12]; // 6 more characters in name
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unsigned char start[2]; // starting cluster number
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unsigned char name11_12[4]; // last 2 characters in name
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};
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If the layout of the slots looks a little odd, it's only
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because of Microsoft's efforts to maintain compatibility with old
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software. The slots must be disguised to prevent old software from
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panicking. To this end, a number of measures are taken:
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1) The attribute byte for a slot directory entry is always set
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to 0x0f. This corresponds to an old directory entry with
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attributes of "hidden", "system", "read-only", and "volume
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label". Most old software will ignore any directory
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entries with the "volume label" bit set. Real volume label
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entries don't have the other three bits set.
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2) The starting cluster is always set to 0, an impossible
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value for a DOS file.
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Because the extended FAT system is backward compatible, it is
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possible for old software to modify directory entries. Measures must
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be taken to ensure the validity of slots. An extended FAT system can
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verify that a slot does in fact belong to an 8.3 directory entry by
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the following:
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1) Positioning. Slots for a file always immediately proceed
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their corresponding 8.3 directory entry. In addition, each
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slot has an id which marks its order in the extended file
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name. Here is a very abbreviated view of an 8.3 directory
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entry and its corresponding long name slots for the file
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"My Big File.Extension which is long":
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<proceeding files...>
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<slot #3, id = 0x43, characters = "h is long">
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<slot #2, id = 0x02, characters = "xtension whic">
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<slot #1, id = 0x01, characters = "My Big File.E">
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<directory entry, name = "MYBIGFIL.EXT">
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Note that the slots are stored from last to first. Slots
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are numbered from 1 to N. The Nth slot is or'ed with 0x40
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to mark it as the last one.
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2) Checksum. Each slot has an "alias_checksum" value. The
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checksum is calculated from the 8.3 name using the
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following algorithm:
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for (sum = i = 0; i < 11; i++) {
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sum = (((sum&1)<<7)|((sum&0xfe)>>1)) + name[i]
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}
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3) If there is free space in the final slot, a Unicode NULL (0x0000)
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is stored after the final character. After that, all unused
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characters in the final slot are set to Unicode 0xFFFF.
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Finally, note that the extended name is stored in Unicode. Each Unicode
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character takes two bytes.
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