Re: Undelete files on ext3 ??

John Bradford
2003-01-08T23:06:11Z

> > > | > > What I was thinking of was a virtual device that allocated
> > > | > > a new sector whenever an old one was overwritten - kind of
> > > | > > like a journaled filesystem, but without the filesystem,
> > > | > > (I.E. just the journal) :-).
> > > | >
> > > | > $ DIR FOO.TXT;*
> > > | > FOO.TXT;1 FOO.TXT;2 FOO.TXT;2
> > > | >
> > > | > VMS-style file versioning, anybody? ;)
> > > |
> > > | Brilliant!
> > >
> > > re-read the archives from 6-8 months ago.
> >
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101914252421742&w=2
>
> So basically the idea already already exists:
>
> http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/katie/
>
> Brilliant! :-)

Although I was originally thinking of doing it at sector level, rather
than at filesystem level.

John.