From: John Beckett 

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:48:05 -0400, "John Beamish"
 wrote:
> I looked through the back posts that I have from here but couldn't find
> that message.  Since my presence here has been rather eratic, I clearly
> must have missed it.  Would you mind doing a repost?

Here is the info (I can't look for the post at the moment).

Good FAQ on ADS:
http://www.heysoft.de/nt/ntfs-ads.htm

The following is not very helpful, but has some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_data_stream

> Thanks for the note about streams not being copied with the original
> file.  That eliminates some of the uses I thought might be worthwhile.

Incorrect info! If you use Explorer to copy a file, all streams will also
be copied (provided the destination is NTFS). Some other tools (e.g. ZTree)
use more primitive copying techniques, and a copied file will not include
ADS.

John

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