RE: named streams, extended attributes, and posix

Leif Sawyer
2001-01-25T23:16:15Z

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 ".. "