On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Rik van Riel wrote:
Thing is, there is no way to distinguish between what are
virtual files and what are actual streams hidden inside a
file. You don't know what should and shouldn't be backed
up...
I think that lack of distinguishing poiwer is more serious for directories. The more I think I think about it, the more I wonder whether Solaris did things right - having a special operation to "cross the boundary".
I suspect Solaris did it that way because it's a hell of a lot easier to do it like that, but regardless, it would solve the issue of real directories having both real children _and_ the "extra streams".
Linus