Re: Accessing Windows File Comments

On 25 February 2010 14:59, Floyd Resler <fresler@adex-intl.com> wrote: > One of my users has asked if I can display comments with a file list on their site.  So I > thought I might be able to use the comments from the properties of the file.  Is there any way I > can access this from PHP?  The files are actually stored on a Linux box. > > Thanks! > Floyd > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > The comments on a windows file (on the NTFS file system) are held in Alternative Datastreams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(filesystem)). As far as I know PHP cannot natively access them, though externals tools exist ... "LADS - Freeware version 4.10 (C) Copyright 1998-2007 Frank Heyne Software (http://www.heysoft.de) This program lists files with alternate data streams (ADS) Use LADS on your own risk!" Or are you talking about a file whose content is a list of comments? -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling