Re: [boost] Re: filesystem feature request: file versioning

[Beman Dawes]

At 04:03 AM 1/3/2003, Daniel Yerushalmi wrote:

>On the windows NTFS file system versioning can be simulated by multiple
>data
>stream per file (http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs-multiple.htm) (the file name is
><full path>:stream name).
>You can save highest version number in a seperate stream that can be locked
>during access (each stream in a file can be locked individaly).
>
>This is none-portable code.... (but all the versioning staff is
>none-portable anyway).

Yes, that's the problem. It is only worthwhile adding temporary or versioning support if we can do so portably.

>I really enjoyed using the filesystem library!

Thanks! I've been checking a lot of minor doc and code fixes into CVS recently.

--Beman


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