From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Dukes Subject: Re: Congratulations! we have got hash function screwed up Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:49:36 +0000 Message-ID: <20041230184936.GA18173@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <77912E9FD42896419D1CEF15E1C397A58AFCF1@london.jaguarfreightservices.local> <20041230235911.4911a20c.hihone@bigpond.net.au> <87is6jpvdu.fsf@quasar.esben-stien.name> <20041230174732.GB5206@favonius> <87zmzvoeeo.fsf@quasar.esben-stien.name> <20041230183046.GD5206@favonius> <87d5wroc9a.fsf@quasar.esben-stien.name> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87d5wroc9a.fsf@quasar.esben-stien.name> Sender: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Esben Stien Cc: sander@humilis.net, Matthias Andree , hihone@bigpond.net.au, reiserfs-list@namesys.com On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 07:46:09PM +0100, Esben Stien wrote: > > It would be too expensive to do all this backup'ing in userspace. When > a file gets deleted, a proper procedure to retrieve it would be to > umount the filesystem, scan it for the data which was removed and then > put it back in the tree again. It's not like reiserfs overwrites this > data, it's still there, so why should there be an artificial barrier > to getting this data back?. You're using the wrong tool for the job. For what you're asking for you want Plan 9 and its wormfs. Thanks for playing. -- Chris Dukes Warning: Do not use the reflow toaster oven to prepare foods after it has been used for solder paste reflow. http://www.stencilsunlimited.com/stencil_article_page5.htm