On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Leif Sawyer wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > Here's an idea: streams/etc are reached by appending
> > "/.../xxx" or some such to paths, thus:
> > for streamname on /dir/file, we have "/dir/file/.../streamname"
> > for a directory /dir/dir, we get /dir/dir/.../streamname"
> > -- "..." is a special subdirectory of any directories which have
>
> An interesting point to note here would be that
> the directory '...' has been used for many years to 'hide' things
> from un-skilled sysadmins.
>
> In other words, warez ftp sites pop up all over the place, and this
> directory name is pretty close to being the number one stash point,
> right next to ".. "
It's also the implicit root for the global DFS filesystem namespace (from
Transarc of AFS fame).
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