DAT file compilation

[Steve Holden]

Roger Upole wrote:
> On Windows NTFS file systems, you can add data to a file using named streams.
> The extra streams aren't visible from Explorer so the average end-user won't
> even know they're there.
> 
I hadn't realised how easy it is to access alternate data streams from 
Python. A filename of the right form ("basefile.ext:alternatename") 
works just fine, it appears.

Unfortunately you then have the problem of how to create it, since there 
is no way to carry it around outside an NTFS filesystem, so some sort of 
post-install script would be required.

There's also the issue that alternate data stream of any significant 
size will be regarded with great suspicion by forensic examinations and 
similar tests.

regards
  Steve
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