Re: NTFS-like streams?

[Michael Rothwell]

Mo McKinlay wrote:
> 
> # Just to point out the obvious. But are you propose that people
> # can't use tar for backups without losing their other streams...
> 
> They couldn't use tar, cp, cpio, or anything else which relies on copying
> a 'whole file'. Not without modifications.

PAX, I think, can be used; it already supports what we need, 
and can emulate tar and cpio. Tar and cpio can even 
be just links to pax (correct me if I'm wrong).