Re: Copying of Alternate Data Streams

From	Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: Copying of Alternate Data Streams
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Date	2013-01-21 03:45 -0600

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On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:13:26 +0100, Thomas B <thomasb@nospam.it>
wrote:

>Il 17/01/2013 12.00, Robert Wessel ha scritto:
>
>>> Will copying files with Windows Explorer preserve Alternate Data Streams
>>> (in Windows 8)?
>>> Will copying files with applications which do Windows API calls (for
>>> file-copying) preserve Alternate Data Streams (in Windows 8)? (One
>>> example would be SyncBack backup software.)
>>>
>>> I think both answers are "yes" (for NTFS volumes), but would like to ask
>>> to be sure. I'm using Windows 8 Pro 64bit (but there should be no
>>> difference between different Windows 8 versions, right?)
>>
>> They are, at least on NTFS volumes, just like in prior versions.  Note
>> that ReFS does *not* support ADSs.
>
>And how were they in prior versions?
>Copying with preserving of Alternate Data Streams was supported both by 
>Windows Explorer and Windows API calls?
>And there is no difference between Windows "sub-versions" (e.g. 
>Professional, Home, etc.).
>I'm sorry for asking again, but would like to feel sure.


CopyFile() and Explorer do copy ADS's.

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Copying of Alternate Data Streams Thomas B <thomasb@nospam.it> - 2013-01-17 11:32 +0100
  Re: Copying of Alternate Data Streams Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-17 05:00 -0600
    Re: Copying of Alternate Data Streams Thomas B <thomasb@nospam.it> - 2013-01-19 14:13 +0100
      Re: Copying of Alternate Data Streams Thomas B <thomasb@nospam.it> - 2013-01-19 14:34 +0100
        Re: Copying of Alternate Data Streams Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-21 03:45 -0600
      Re: Copying of Alternate Data Streams JJ <jaejunks@nah.meh> - 2013-01-20 05:04 +0000
      Re: Copying of Alternate Data Streams Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-21 03:45 -0600

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