Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Aug 2000 09:35:46 -0400 | From | Michael Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: NTFS-like streams? |
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Mo McKinlay wrote: > > # Just to point out the obvious. But are you propose that people > # can't use tar for backups without losing their other streams... > > They couldn't use tar, cp, cpio, or anything else which relies on copying > a 'whole file'. Not without modifications.
PAX, I think, can be used; it already supports what we need, and can emulate tar and cpio. Tar and cpio can even be just links to pax (correct me if I'm wrong).
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