Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 May 1999 17:39:03 +0200 | From | Rolf Fokkens <> | Subject | ext2(3?) streams application |
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I recently read about the streams facility in NTFS. I searched the internet (not very thoroughly) to see if these streams would be considered for linux. I didn't find very much info about it, except that they wouldn't fit in the unix file interface.
I do see some internal applications for streames though within the ext2 (or ext3 or whatever) filesystem, which might be of use. I'll mention them: 1) ext2compr: Compressed files need a bitmap telling which blocks are compressed. A separate stream for this might be handy. 2) ACL: Access Control Lists might use a separate stream 3) Capabilities: I hardly know anything about capabilities, but I assume they need some adminsitration. This might be done in a separate stream.
These are just some thoughts, and they may thought by someone else already, but I'm curious about your opinion on this.
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