Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268420AbUIBPlp (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 11:41:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268429AbUIBPlp (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 11:41:45 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:20140 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268420AbUIBPlm (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 11:41:42 -0400 Message-Id: <200409021540.i82FeBK4005890@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Spam cc: Hans Reiser , Linus Torvalds , David Masover , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives In-Reply-To: Message from Spam of "Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:52:49 +0200." <1117111836.20040902115249@tnonline.net> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:40:11 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1144 Lines: 25 Spam said: [...] > 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. :) Right. And when space runs low, the old copies get the axe. And then you need the old version... and are royally screwed because you trusted the system to save it for you while willy-nilly fooling around. I never liked the MS-DOS "undelete" feature, because I saw too many people burned. It is _less_ data security than "deleted file is gone for good", in the end sum. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/