Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives

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On Thursday 02 September 2004 12:52, Spam wrote:
> > Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Besides, there are enhancements which are simply compelling.  You can
> > write a dramatically better performance version control system with a
> > much simpler design if the FS is atomic.    Our transaction manager
> > first draft was written by a version control guy, and he would probably
> > be happy to tell you how  lack of atomicity other than rename makes
> > version control software design hideous.
>
>   Btw, version control for ordinary files would be a great feature. I
>   think something like it is available through Windows 2000/3 server.
>   Isn't it called "Shadow Copies". It works over network shares. :)
>
>   It allows you to restore previous versions of the file even if you
>   delete or overwrite it.
>
>   Features like this do make a good point and helps protecting data -
>   something that is important IMHO.

I believe you mean something simillar to: 

file1.txt;1
file1.txt;2
file1.txt;3 (yeap, it's VMS) 

where you'll have to cleanup old versions when you don't need them any more... 
AFAIK that this is older than HDDs

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