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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt index 9e8811f92b84..5949766353f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Mount options for ADFS will be nnn. Default 0700. othmask=nnn The permission mask for ADFS 'other' permissions will be nnn. Default 0077. + ftsuffix=n When ftsuffix=0, no file type suffix will be applied. + When ftsuffix=1, a hexadecimal suffix corresponding to + the RISC OS file type will be added. Default 0. Mapping of ADFS permissions to Linux permissions ------------------------------------------------ @@ -55,3 +58,18 @@ Mapping of ADFS permissions to Linux permissions You can therefore tailor the permission translation to whatever you desire the permissions should be under Linux. + +RISC OS file type suffix +------------------------ + + RISC OS file types are stored in bits 19..8 of the file load address. + + To enable non-RISC OS systems to be used to store files without losing + file type information, a file naming convention was devised (initially + for use with NFS) such that a hexadecimal suffix of the form ,xyz + denoted the file type: e.g. BasicFile,ffb is a BASIC (0xffb) file. This + naming convention is now also used by RISC OS emulators such as RPCEmu. + + Mounting an ADFS disc with option ftsuffix=1 will cause appropriate file + type suffixes to be appended to file names read from a directory. If the + ftsuffix option is zero or omitted, no file type suffixes will be added. |