On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Mo McKinlay wrote:
>
> # Aha. So how do you propose to make tar(1) and friends work? BTW, I think
> # that the whole idea of forked files is fundamentally flawed - solutions
> # proposed in that thread are very, erm, convincing in that respect. And
> # idea of changing the glob behaviour... Urgh.
>
> First, go back and read my (admittedly long) messages in which I explain
> *exactly* how to do this. Also, take note that tar doesn't work on NTFS at
> the moment, and won't unless we provide this kind of support.
You know, I've browsed the archives right now and... aside of mentioning
special magical API <wince> - nothing. Admittedly, I could miss the
relevant posting in this dungp^Wthread, so I would really appreciate the
message-ID.
> Second, I'm not at all proposing that glob behaviour be changed - I'm
> proposing that streams aren't made to look like files and files with
> streams aren't made to look like directories - because they're not.
Sigh...
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