Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:51:38 +0200 | From | Spam <> | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 |
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> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 05:42:21PM -0700, Nicholas Miell wrote: >> On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 16:46, Wichert Akkerman wrote: >> > Previously Jeremy Allison wrote: >> > > Multiple-data-stream files are something we should offer, definately (IMHO). >> > > I don't care how we do it, but I know it's something we need as application >> > > developers. >> > >> > Aside from samba, is there any other application that has a use for >> > them? >> > >> >> Anything that currently stores a file's metadata in another file really >> wants this right now. Things like image thumbnails, document summaries, >> digital signatures, etc.
> That is _highly_ debatable. I would much rather have my cp and grep > and cat and tar and such continue to work than have to rewrite every > tool because we've thrown the file-is-a-stream-of-bytes concept out > the window. Never mind that I've got thumbnails, document summaries, > and digital signatures already.
In Windows, the extra file streams are not lost or removed if you use a program that doesn't support them. They are only lost if you move the file to a file system that doesn't support the streams.
Even RAR support the NTFS file streams.
> While the number of annoying properties of files with forks is > practically endless, the biggest has got to be utter lack of > portability. How do you stick the thing in an attachment or on an ftp > site? Well you can't because it's NOT A FILE.
> A file is a stream of bytes.
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