Extra files found after a copy from Windows

Jeff Kinz jkinz at kinz.org
Sat Jan 21 11:51:42 EST 2006


On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 11:51:10AM -0500, Tom Metro wrote:
> Those extra file names look like the names typically used for Alternate 
> Data Streams (ADS)[1] on Windows.
> 
> 1. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial25.html

Thanks for the link Tom.

So this feature was added to give Windows better compatibility with the
Mac file system.

Does  anyone know if Apple modified the OSX file system manager(s)
to have this same feature as an inherent capability of the file
system API or are they making each application program their own?




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