DOCUMENT:Q101353  26-JUL-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :BUG: Windows NT Supports Multiple Data Streams Inconsistently
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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The Win32 base application programming interface (API) supports
multiple data streams inconsistently: some operations succeed, others
do not. These inconsistencies manifest themselves in CMD.EXE: some
commands support multiple data streams, others do not.

There is no method to work around this problem other than by avoiding
multiple data streams. This inconsistency will be addressed in the
next release of Windows NT.

The names of multiple data streams are identified by a colon (:) in
the name. This convention may change in the future.

Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory:
KBSubcategory: winnt

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