How to include file comments in WINRAR

Jedimaster · Post by **Jedimaster** » 2004 Dec 02, 02:23

Hi, this may sound like a stupid question but how do you include comments under WinRAR? Does anyone know whether WinZip supports alternate data streams?

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Dec 02, 08:06

the old winrar version i have, has this "advanced" tab and there's a check box called "save file streams (NTFS)". I doubt that winrar has anything similar

come to think about it this is a good excuse for a new x2 command to "bundle" files for comment preservation during transport!

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 2004 Dec 02, 08:33

The current version of WinRAR (3.41) also has the setting. From the WinRAR menu advanced tab.

"Save file streams" option
This option has meaning only for NTFS file system and allows to save alternative data streams associated with a file. It is especially important under Windows 2000 and XP, which use streams to keep some file dependent information such as file descriptions. If you use WinRAR to backup your NTFS disks, it is recommended to enable this option.