Table of Contents

From IFSMgr to the Internet; Where Do Filenames Go?; Pathways to the File System; File System API Mapping; The "New" MS-DOS File System; Dispatching File System Requests; Monitoring File Activity; Anatomy of a File System Driver; VFAT: The Virtual FAT File System Driver; Virtual Memory, the Paging File, and Pagers; VCACHE: Caches Big and Small; A Survey of IFSMgr Services; VREDIR: The Microsoft Networks Client; Looking Ahead. Appendices: MultiMon - Setup, Usage, and Extensions; MultiMon - Monitor Reference; IFSMgr Data Structures; IFS Development Aids.

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.