Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 19:31:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tool to access ZFS/NFSv4 alternate data streams on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <201409100231.s8A2VVfr046426@kithrup.com>
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In article <nBnoKs.Es3@kithrup.com> Jordan K. Hubbard writes: >Well, if someone is willing to add copyfile(3) to FreeBSD (it does all >the magic) then the OS X versions of tar/pax/cpio/… are just forked >versions of the FreeBSD tools, but with copyfile(3) support for handling >(serializing / deserializing) EAs. copyfile(3)'s serialization sucks -- it's not streamable, and it's limited in terms of size. copyfile(3) as an API also has some serious limitations -- callbacks were added at exactly the wrong time (just before blocks were announced). On the other hand, it does work.
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