RE: named streams, extended attributes, and posix

Steven N. Hirsch
2001-01-26T02:40:51Z

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Leif Sawyer wrote:

> alex@foogod.com [alex@foogod.com] wrote:
> > Here's an idea: streams/etc are reached by appending
> > "/.../xxx" or some such to paths, thus:
> > for streamname on /dir/file, we have "/dir/file/.../streamname"
> > for a directory /dir/dir, we get /dir/dir/.../streamname"
> > -- "..." is a special subdirectory of any directories which have
>
> An interesting point to note here would be that
> the directory '...' has been used for many years to 'hide' things
> from un-skilled sysadmins.
>
> In other words, warez ftp sites pop up all over the place, and this
> directory name is pretty close to being the number one stash point,
> right next to ".. "

It's also the implicit root for the global DFS filesystem namespace (from
Transarc of AFS fame).