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"The files themselves use the reparse point mechanism first introduced in Windows 2000. During that first sync, stub files ("reparse points") are created to mim
by yungchin 13y ago
"The files themselves use the reparse point mechanism first introduced in Windows 2000. During that first sync, stub files ("reparse points") are created to mimic the directory structure stored on SkyDrive. Any operation on these
files is intercepted automatically, allowing SkyDrive to download the file on-demand."
Being a long-time luser, I hadn't heard of NTFS reparse points before. Somehow, every time I read something about NTFS features, it strikes me how well thought-out that FS is, especially for its time.
- Dylan16807 13y agoPrepare for some disappointment. Reparse points weren't added until Vista, and they require admin privileges to make symlinks.
- nikbackm 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_reparse_point http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_reparse_point Seems to be from Windows 2000 according to Wikipedia.
- Dylan16807 13y agoThis article is a mess. It's talking about a whole variety of NTFS redirection features, but only some of them existed in 2000. It also got me confused, I should have said 'those reparse points', not just 'reparse points'. In 2000 you could make junction points but they only worked on directories. 2000 also supported multiple hard links to a single file. But what the article talks about, individual soft links for files, didn't get added until Vista. Despite it being a standard feature on filesystems going back decades.
- yungchin 13y agoHmmm yeah, maybe it sounded more exciting than it actually is. I interpreted the description as "symlinks that transparently link to cloud storage", which sounds like quite a feat to pull off - certainly not just a trivial generalisation of unix symlinks?