... it would only show earlier versions if they were specifically >> requested ... I >> haven't seen any files like that I don't ... transparent data > structure. You want files to be completely invisible to ... to know that the file system was versioning to access the ...

linux-kernel - Jack Stone - Jun 19 2007 - 16:08

... that it would only show earlier versions if they were specifically >>> requested with ... a transparent data >> structure. You want files to be completely invisible to applications ... have to know that the file system was > versioning to access the older ...

linux-kernel - Chris Snook - Jun 19 2007 - 16:15

... old > version would be automatically saved for a package > management system ... specified as follows: > /path/to/file:revision_number > > > I think that this ... in each directory, with time-versioned subdirectories each containing snapshots of ...

linux-kernel - Chris Snook - Jun 15 2007 - 18:52

... 20,30...not the tenth versions I know but easier to ... out that often relationships between files are >> more important. > > And there ... Would you save every temp file? To be meaningful you would ... that Linux should support EVERY file system, no matter how old ...

linux-kernel - Jack Stone - Jun 16 2007 - 04:11

... question remains is where to implement versioning: directly in >> individual filesystems or in ... concept to GIT, except in a file-system: 1) Redundancy is easy, ... are easy: Think the git "alternates" file. 8) Network filesystem load-balancing is ...

linux-kernel - Kyle Moffett - Jun 18 2007 - 23:10

... question remains is where to implement versioning: directly in >>> individual filesystems or in ... concept to GIT, except in a file-system: > 1) Redundancy is easy, ... are easy: Think the > git "alternates" file. > 8) Network filesystem load-balancing is ...

linux-kernel - Jack Stone - Jun 19 2007 - 03:49

... to do package management as the old >> version would be automatically saved for a ... it turns out that often relationships between files are > more important. And there are ... believe that Linux should support EVERY file system, no matter how old or ...

linux-kernel - alan - Jun 15 2007 - 18:51

... directory in each directory, with time-versioned > subdirectories each containing snapshots of that ... the same > hierarchy as the original files, to avoid permissions headaches, > it's ... the file system itself, with a hard link form the latest version to ...

linux-kernel - Jack Stone - Jun 16 2007 - 04:25

... automatically saved for a package > management system to deal with. > > 2) backups ... out that often relationships between files are more important. Thus, in ... better handled by explicit version-control systems (which require explicit operations ...

linux-kernel - H. Peter Anvin - Jun 15 2007 - 18:38

... The whole idea of the file system is that it wouldn' ... know that the > Jack> file system was versioning to access the ... :121212121212 You create a new file called 'foo:121212121212'. If you ... you could access the old version as foo:121212121212:0. (The ...

linux-kernel - Matthew Wilcox - Jun 19 2007 - 16:38

... know that the Jack> file system was versioning to access the ... Matthew> You create a new file called 'foo:121212121212'. If you ... you could access the old version as Matthew> foo:121212121212:0 ... a bit here with magic version filenaming conventions to show that ...

linux-kernel - John Stoffel - Jun 19 2007 - 17:02

... of the other more important file systems currently in work like ... better handled by >> > >explicit version-control systems (which require explicit operations ... Dilger > Principal Software Engineer > Cluster File Systems, Inc. > > - > To unsubscribe from ...

linux-kernel - Sorin Faibish - Sep 29 2007 - 13:44

Alan Cox wrote: >> (Vax/VMS System Software Handbook) >> (TOPS-20 User ... back to at least ITS > >Not sure how old doing file ... to purge storage after the file system filled, an entire 4K ... since this is a basic versioning model and would provide coverage ...

linux-kernel - Jeffrey V. Merkey - Jun 16 2007 - 22:18

... remains is where to implement versioning: directly in >>> individual filesystems or ... to GIT, except in a file-system: I've written a ... a virtual filesystem which uses files stored by sha1 on ordainary ... asked to make sure the file gets sent out to every ...

linux-kernel - Bron Gondwana - Jun 19 2007 - 03:58

... directory in each directory, with time-versioned >> subdirectories each containing snapshots of that ... the file system itself (except maybe a flag to say > its versioned). ... me unless you know what you're doing". -- Chris - To unsubscribe from this ...

linux-kernel - Chris Snook - Jun 19 2007 - 14:03

... Snook wrote: >> But what you're talking about *will* break userspace. ... it would only show earlier versions if they were specifically > requested ... I > haven't seen any files like that I don't ... putting it in some parallel file system (say, /backup) that won ...

linux-kernel - Chris Snook - Jun 19 2007 - 16:03

... it turns out that this stuff is better handled by > > >explicit version-control systems (which require explicit operations to > > ... -- Andreas Dilger Principal Software Engineer Cluster File Systems, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: ...

linux-kernel - Andreas Dilger - Jun 18 2007 - 05:45

... a > program does a write() system call? Every time a program closes a > modified file? If you're adding to a ... and later regretted it. The system made a revision > every time ... But keeping 20 > versions of other files would have been wasteful ...

linux-kernel - Jack Stone - Jun 18 2007 - 12:37

... >>> The question remains is where to implement versioning: directly in   >>> individual filesystems or in the vfs ... , except in a file-system [cut] How it relates to ext3cow versioning (snapshotting) filesystem, for example? ext3cow assumes linear ...

linux-kernel - Jakub Narebski - Jun 19 2007 - 12:52

... : Jack> The whole idea of the file system is that it wouldn't return the Jack> file in the file listing. The user would ... to know that the Jack> file system was versioning to access the older versions as they Jack> would explicitly have to ...

linux-kernel - John Stoffel - Jun 19 2007 - 16:34