Subject: RE: maildir file names illegal on cygwin?
From: "Tony Arnold" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 17:45:03 +0100

Cliff,

> On NTFS a file can contain multiple data streams.  The syntax 
> for a secondary stream is <filename>:<streamname>.  However, 
> not all windows apps understand the syntax.
> 
> For example, try the following in a DOS or CMD box:
> 
>   copy <some-text-file>  example
>   type <another-text-file>  > example:subfile
>   more < example
>   more < example:subfile

It seems to work for many Cygwin apps too. Try vi example:subfile, for
example!

It's a curious feature, but I've yet to figure out what one would use it
for!

Regards,
Tony.
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