Friday, March 5, 2010

Alternate data streams in Windows

Following article describes the alternate data stream in windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/105763

Following is the way to create and verify it:
  • On command prompt type:
    • echo this is alternate stream > c:\alternate.txt:alternate
  • To view use one of the following:
    • type c:\alternate.txt:alternate
    • more < c:\alternate.txt:alternate