[boost] Re: [filesystem] new functions proposals

From: Pavel Vozenilek (pavel_vozenilek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-17 14:51:59

"Jason House" <jhouse_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:3E9EFBA3.58D454AE_at_mitre.org...
> :blat ???
>
> 1. I have no clue what that would mean
> 2. Is there any handling of :blat in any way shape or form in the file
> system stuff?  I don't remember seeing any description of that case...
>
It means alternate stream of NTFS file.

One file can contain any number of such streams. Default one - unnamed - is
what you usually use. To use alternate stream, just append ":something" to
the filename parameter of an API call.

/Pavel