Re: NTFS-like streams?

[Linus Torvalds]

In article <[e-mail]>,
Rik van Riel  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what your question is asking. You don't have to read
>> x.bmp:thumbnail if you do not want to. But if you want to view the
>> thumbnail, it's there. For instance, on the Mac, you can have a
>
>So when /bin/cp accesses the file it will get all streams
>and when /usr/bin/xv accesses the file it will only get the
>"main image" it wants?

Can't be done.

"/bin/mv", yes. Makes complete sense to move a full file with all
"subforks". It's actually very similar to a directory move.

But /bin/cp cannot do the same, at least not without teaching it to do
the same thing as for a recursive directory copy (which a regular UNIX
cp wouldn't even try to do on a regular file). But the recursive
directory copy approach should work.

At least in theory.

		Linus