How To Use NTFS Alternate Data Streams (105763)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.1
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.5
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
This article was previously published under Q105763 SUMMARY
The documentation for the NTFS file system states that NTFS supports
multiple streams of data; however, the documentation does not address
the syntax for the streams themselves.
The Windows NT Resource Kit documents the stream syntax as follows:
Alternate data streams are strictly a feature of the NTFS file system
and may not be supported in future file systems. However, NTFS will be
supported in future versions of Windows NT.
Future file systems will support a model based on OLE 2.0 structured
storage (IStream and IStorage). By using OLE 2.0, an application can
support multiple streams on any file system and all supported operating
systems (Windows, Macintosh, Windows NT, and Win32s), not just Windows NT.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/13/2004 |
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Keywords: | kbAPI kbFileIO kbhowto kbKernBase KB105763 |
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