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    SubjectRe: NTFS-like streams?

    # But the is a perfect exampe of something that can already be done
    # today in userland -- in this inctance making cp aware of tar.gz files
    # and their internals. Obviously you might want to do this in an
    # external library or something which reads common configuration files
    # and then load handlers based of file extension or something...

    Yes, but then you've got to do this for everything you want to have
    support it (just *how* many unix utilities are there out there?)... doing
    it at a lower level provides uniform support (and hence less confusion for
    Joe User), without requiring mass-modification.

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    Mo McKinlay Chief Software Architect inter/open Labs
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