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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 19 points 1 year ago (5 children) EXPLAIN HOW permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (4 children) Alternate data streams look like normal files but with an appended identifier. For example test.txt:stream1 is an alternate data stream of test.txt. Move or copy the file and the ADS goes with it. They can be created like other files (“echo > test.txt:stream1”) You can see them with “dir /r” at the command line. You can even have an alternate data stream with no corresponding file. In my opinion this is what thumbs.db should have been. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (3 children) you are shitting me, that's so cool. This command only works for NTFS? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) It works, and yes only on NTFS… but many applications may not be able to open these “files”. It’s actually sort of a weird historical thing, goes back to the roots of Windows NT in VMS and also compatibility with Mac OS (classic) and its “resource forks” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago OMG you're taking me back to ResEdit permalink fedilink source parent [–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago Back 20+ years ago I used alternate data streams to his my collection of files (the ones you find online as a teenager) behind a text file. You can shove anything you want (I think) in them, even including extensions to make sure it opened in the right program (i.e. test.txt:malware.msi). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (4 children) Alternate data streams look like normal files but with an appended identifier. For example test.txt:stream1 is an alternate data stream of test.txt. Move or copy the file and the ADS goes with it. They can be created like other files (“echo > test.txt:stream1”) You can see them with “dir /r” at the command line. You can even have an alternate data stream with no corresponding file. In my opinion this is what thumbs.db should have been. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (3 children) you are shitting me, that's so cool. This command only works for NTFS? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) It works, and yes only on NTFS… but many applications may not be able to open these “files”. It’s actually sort of a weird historical thing, goes back to the roots of Windows NT in VMS and also compatibility with Mac OS (classic) and its “resource forks” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago OMG you're taking me back to ResEdit permalink fedilink source parent [–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago Back 20+ years ago I used alternate data streams to his my collection of files (the ones you find online as a teenager) behind a text file. You can shove anything you want (I think) in them, even including extensions to make sure it opened in the right program (i.e. test.txt:malware.msi). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (3 children) you are shitting me, that's so cool. This command only works for NTFS? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) It works, and yes only on NTFS… but many applications may not be able to open these “files”. It’s actually sort of a weird historical thing, goes back to the roots of Windows NT in VMS and also compatibility with Mac OS (classic) and its “resource forks” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago OMG you're taking me back to ResEdit permalink fedilink source parent [–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago Back 20+ years ago I used alternate data streams to his my collection of files (the ones you find online as a teenager) behind a text file. You can shove anything you want (I think) in them, even including extensions to make sure it opened in the right program (i.e. test.txt:malware.msi). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) It works, and yes only on NTFS… but many applications may not be able to open these “files”. It’s actually sort of a weird historical thing, goes back to the roots of Windows NT in VMS and also compatibility with Mac OS (classic) and its “resource forks” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago OMG you're taking me back to ResEdit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago OMG you're taking me back to ResEdit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago Back 20+ years ago I used alternate data streams to his my collection of files (the ones you find online as a teenager) behind a text file. You can shove anything you want (I think) in them, even including extensions to make sure it opened in the right program (i.e. test.txt:malware.msi). permalink fedilink source parent
