[plug] Alternative Data Streams (From OT)

[James Devenish]

In message <3FA72610.5000100 at postnewspapers.com.au>
on Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 12:07:44PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> After all, given the wide set of allowed filename chars in UNIX there 
> isn't anything you can borrow for the purpose.

While it's true that ':' is already "in use" in UNIX as the path
separator, perhaps it would not be completely evil to re-use it as an
"alternative stream" separator in contexts that strictly accommodate
single paths. Just a random and unjustified thought.


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