/*
         * Problems here with iSeries returning ASCII even though useUnicode = true
         * Fortunately we don't really need nativeFileSystem for anything.
         * if( byteCount > bufferIndex - start ) {
         * nativeFileSystem = readString( buffer, bufferIndex );
         * bufferIndex += stringWireLength( nativeFileSystem, bufferIndex );
         * }
         */

        // win98 observed not returning nativeFileSystem
/* Problems here with iSeries returning ASCII even though useUnicode = true
 * Fortunately we don't really need nativeFileSystem for anything.
        if( byteCount > bufferIndex - start ) {
            nativeFileSystem = readString( buffer, bufferIndex );
            bufferIndex += stringWireLength( nativeFileSystem, bufferIndex );
        }
*/

        return bufferIndex - start;