Re: NTFS-like streams?

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:50:54 -0300 (BRST)

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote:
> Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> > So what we want are directories, and not file streams?
> > Oh wait, we already have those...
>
> Not really. Directories aren't the same thing,
> and don't serve the same purpose. They're _similar_,
> but not identical.

So what is The Big Difference(tm) that make file streams
so much better than directories and so much different?

I can understand us wanting extended attributes, to store
the ACLs, other security information and maybe a few
user-defined EAs. But I really fail to see what's so
special about multi-stream files vs. directories...

regards,

Rik

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       -- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000


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