RE: writing NTFS streams by -o

> > But I am saving file _AND_ ntfs_stream_data (see semicolon in my
> > example), why zero bytes file is saved when curl report "Received
> > 63528", where the received data goes?
>
> If curl doesn't show any error, it opened the file and wrote all the contents to
> it without any errors getting returned. If that saved content is then not
> where you told it to be, it seems like a problem in your OS?
>
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> My OS (utilizing NTFS filesystem) support saving both file AND alternative
> data streams at once in the format: filename:stream.
>
> Curl download data, CREATE file (which dont exist before) with zero bytes
> size AND (successfully) save given stream. As curl does not display any error,
> how could I discovery is this is problem my OS? Anyone else is able to store
> curl downloaded data including added custom stream? What could cause the
> curl CREATE file, but DO NOT PUT any data into?
>
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/105763/how-to-use-ntfs-
> alternate-data-streams

Check out the Streams utility:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/streams

I believe what is happening is that everything you are expecting is written into the stream, not into both (file and separate stream). The link above even explains the scenario you are describing.

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Received on 2019-07-30