Inside the Windows 95 File System: IFSMgr, The Installable File System Manager (Nutshell Handbooks) - Softcover

Mitchell, Stan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156592200X ISBN 13: 9781565922006

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 1997

Synopsis

Picking up where the Windows 95 device driver kit leaves off, this guide provides engineers with a detailed explanation of IFSMgr and its associated utilities and drivers. It offers a practical approach to the file system and provides example programs, background information, and utilities that let users monitor file system activity. Disk contains source code for a number of file system drivers and useful utilities. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Review

If you're a C programmer who's been dying to peek at the structures beneath the surface of the Windows 95 file system, this is the book for you. Jam packed with hands-on examples, it illustrates in gory detail how IFSMgr (the Installable File System Manager) in Windows 95 directs generic file-access requests from a variety of sources to the appropriate devices. Sections on VFAT, virtual memory, and VCACHE also describe low level file operations.

About the Author

Stan Mitchell is a consulting software engineer in Silicon Valley. He specializes in driver and system level programming on the Wintel platform. Stan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wayne State University in 1970 and a Master of Science from University of Waterloo in 1976. He entered the microcomputer field in 1979. His early projects emphasized logic design of single-board microcomputers and micro-controllers. The most memorable project during this period was the design of a full-SCSI host adapter with 8048 firmware at Adaptec, Inc. After the introduction of the IBM-PC, Stan shifted his focus to MS-DOS system software and then to MS-Windows. His recent projects have included developing a NetBIOS layer over TCP/IP for NetManage and a Windows 95 file system monitor for Xerox/XSoft. Stan and his wife Maggie make Milpitas, CA, their home. In his spare time, he likes to romp with his dogs (Yanni & Munchkin), play a serious game of table tennis, and browse the shelves of nearby bookstores.

Edition details

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156592200X
• ISBN 13: 9781565922006
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360