why NTFS reports incorrect file sizes

[James Knott]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Extended attributes go too.  Not exactly sure what they are, but
> perhaps that means that they can get dropped from Linux ExtN
> filesystems (assuming that they are the same thing and are only there
> to make extN semantics a superset of NTFS semantics).

Extended attributes were used in OS/2 and could support up to 64KB of 
meta data.  Windows NT could run character mode OS/2 1.x apps, so that's 
probably why extended attributes were supported in NTFS.  Microsoft also 
developed the HPFS file system, used in OS/2, back when they were 
partners with IBM in developing OS/2.

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