Re: [Bug-tar] Tar cheats when directed to /dev/null

[Andreas Dilger]

On 2010-03-25, at 15:12, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 03/25/2010 12:51 PM, Phillip Susi wrote:
> > What's next?  rm deciding that you didn't REALLY mean to delete that
> > file and just pretending it succeeded?  Sheesh!
>
> No, because that would be a difference that could be observed by a
> compliant app.


That is what "undelete" is, in the end.  Any filesystem that keeps  
snapshots will NOT delete your file when you unlink it, only when the  
snapshot itself is deleted.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Principal Engineer, Lustre Group
Oracle Corporation Canada Inc.