Re: NTFS-like streams?

[Miquel van Smoorenburg]

In article >[e-mail]>,
Rik van Riel  <[e-mail]> 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?
>Unless you have some magic up your sleeve, it sounds like
>you're contradicting yourself here...

% man cp
[..]
       -p, --preserve
              preserve file attributes if possible

The command line option is already there ... A stat() of the file
would return S_MULTI or whatever and cp would know how to handle it.
Tar, cpio and pax same story

Mike.