Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives

Spam
2004-09-02T11:11:22Z

> Am Donnerstag, 2. September 2004 11:52 schrieb Spam:
>>   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.

> There's no need to do that in kernel, unless you want to be able
> to force it unto users.

Exactly ;)

Difference with having it in just certain applications like Gnome-VFS
etc is that it would work with all applications, over SMB shares
etc. This is a great advantage and benefit for many desktop users
but also in a corporate environment. Even though there are backups
of users documents it is a pain to restore them every time they
loose the original file. Besides, the backup is never as fresh
either.

> Regards
> Oliver