Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-32,: Re: NTFS-like streams?

# Re: NTFS-like streams?

Michael Rothwell (rothwell@flyingbuttmonkeys.com)
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 02:15:43 -0400

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Rik van Riel wrote:

> 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?

Not at all. "rm" will deal with the whole file,
streams and all, as a unit. So will "mv", when
not moving across volumes (otherwise it's actually
cp + rm). "cp" would have to copy each stream
individually. "cat" would spit out the default
stream only, unless a stream was specified. Etc.

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