Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:50:54 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: NTFS-like streams? |
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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 -- "What you're running that piece of shit Gnome?!?!" -- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000
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