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Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?
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Thomas Bushnell, BSG |
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Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem? |
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01 Oct 2002 20:35:25 -0700 |
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Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
> Now, sure, we can talk about the right semantics. We can think of
> versioning with automatic expiration of old versions, either by time or by
> count. We can talk about making new versions when files are modified or
> deleted. We can keep in mind that keeping files around after they have been
> "deleted" is keeping fragmentation up. We can also think about border
> conditions like what you do if the disk simply is full and you can not keep
> the data around sensibly (the bleeping dialog box of Windows is certainly
> suboptimal). If there are other semantic categories you are thinking about,
> please let us know.
You seem to be taking my point to be some backsided attempt to kill
the notion; it's not.
What I object to is the vague semantics of "if the bits happen to
still be on disk, restore the file." That's miserable.
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, (continued)
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/10/01
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Niels Möller, 2002/10/02
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/10/02
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Bryan Wagstaff, 2002/10/03
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Niels Möller, 2002/10/03
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/10/04
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Bryan Wagstaff, 2002/10/04
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/10/04
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/10/04
- Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?, Roland McGrath, 2002/10/02
Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?,
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