Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:40:30 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: NTFS-like streams? |
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Roger Gammans wrote: > On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 10:34:12PM -0400, Michael Rothwell wrote: > > > There are far too many *protocols* (http, ftp, > > > nfsv3, etc.) that also don't know about streams. > > > > So they transfer the data in the default streams and > > work the same way they do now. Apache could still use > > Just to point out the obvious. But are you propose that people > can't use tar for backups without losing their other streams...
Currently you lose your "normal" file attributes (ie. the ownership info and permission bits) when you transfer a file over http.
Why would this be any different with extended attributes?
When you _do_ want to have these things transferred, you can use a modified tar (or cpio or pax) archive format. Just like the "standard tar" stores the normal unix attributes, it should store the extended attributes.
And when we're talking about a "multistream file", just give the user the whole directory in one .tar file...
regards,
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