Messages in this thread | | | From | (Linus Torvalds) | Subject | Re: NTFS-like streams? | Date | 11 Aug 2000 21:34:59 -0700 |
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008120028320.11791-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>, Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> wrote: >On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote: > >> I'm not sure what your question is asking. You don't have to read >> x.bmp:thumbnail if you do not want to. But if you want to view the >> thumbnail, it's there. For instance, on the Mac, you can have a > >So when /bin/cp accesses the file it will get all streams >and when /usr/bin/xv accesses the file it will only get the >"main image" it wants?
Can't be done.
"/bin/mv", yes. Makes complete sense to move a full file with all "subforks". It's actually very similar to a directory move.
But /bin/cp cannot do the same, at least not without teaching it to do the same thing as for a recursive directory copy (which a regular UNIX cp wouldn't even try to do on a regular file). But the recursive directory copy approach should work.
At least in theory.
Linus
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