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Subject: Re: Snapshot in UBIFS
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On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 18:09 -0300, Moises Beck wrote:
> Hello,
>       I would like to know if is it possible to take a snapshot of an 
> UBIFS, so that you can come back in time if a system update crashes, for 
> example ?

No, it is not possible. Although the FS design allows adding this
feature, but this needs a lot of work. Indeed, UBIFS is one huge B-tree,
so the same approach as in btrfs can be used.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)