"null" <stay@home.com> wrote in news:MG5Ng.9253$xV.2946
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

> nemo_outis wrote:
>
>> Or the even more devious can use a
>> directory rather than a file. (Yes, directories and not just files
>> can have ADSs
>
> Dr. Pedantic says: Directories ARE files.



If that is what he says then Dr. Pedantic is somewhat more sloppy than he
should be.

In the NTFS system all files consist of one or more entries in the MFT and
zero or more extents. A directory, like a data storage compartment (or
other info like metadata) is generally implemented as an extent. In short,
a directory is *a part of* a file (more specifically, an extent).

While not conventionally implemented this way, a single file could consist
of multiple directories, multiple data storage areas, and multiple other
unspecified types of compartment (possibly containing metadata, for
instance) with each implemented as an extent.

Regards,