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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: Multiple data streams...
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 23:00:41 +0400
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To: Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>
Cc: Anders Widman <andewid@tnonline.net>, reiserfs-list@namesys.com

Russell Coker wrote:

>On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 23:08, Anders Widman wrote:
>  
>
>>>The Linux API does not support multiple data streams.  Support for
>>>extended attributes has recently been added, this will do most things
>>>that you might want to do with multiple streams and does it in a standard
>>>way that is supported.
>>>      
>>>
>>  Could you give an example of this? I use multiple streams for adding
>>  thumbnails  or  text files  to pictures I am working on... - just to
>>  give an example.
>>    
>>
>
>OS/2 used EA's for icons and description text in 1992.  There's no reason why 
>EAs can't be used for this purpose today as well.
>
>  
>
Implement inherited stat data, hidden directory entries, and files and 
directories and you don't need EAs.... yes?

-- 
Hans