-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 andre wrote: > On Thursday 26 June 2003 17:56, Buchan Milne wrote: > >>This can be done with rsync in backup mode with hard links. I haven't >>tried it yet though. > > This should be done in the filesystem. A rm shouldn't remove the file but move > it to the backup dir >
So where is the patch adding this feature to all the filesystems supported? (if it is feasible to have this any time in the near future, it will be something like rsync). >>Remember, binary files (ie word docs) don't make nice diffs (usually >>bigger than the file itself). If you have something that makes nice >>diffs (OpenOffice.org xml), why have the filesystem do it when better >>tools are available (ie CVS). If you don't have something that makes >>nice diffs, you had better have lots of disk available. > > OO xml is zipped so i don't know if that still makes good diffs. You can get it to save unzipped (maybe only in OO.o1.1, or was it 1.0.2 with the mobile addon kit?). I have tested diffs done into CVS, and it does make good diffs. > And docs have > the diff's internally IIRC > Exactly the problem, most people send off the version with all the previous revisions to others, who they didn't intend to see all revisions. >>What's wrong with good old backups?? (amanda for instance). > > It is not a backup problem > Once a file is older than about 5 revisions, keeping it on fast-access media is a waste of money. rsync + amanda is what we use in production. 1 day interval for rysnc, if you want anything else, we'll pull it off tape. If users have a problem with that, they can write their copies to CD on our webCDwriter installation. I much prefer having users educated than to have to backup every single little change to a file. We have over 130GB of data at the moment, and it starts getting very expensive to start keeping 5-10 copies of that all compared to the 2 we have on disk (on-site and a rysnc'ed copy off-site) with daily differential amanda backups. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE++z8drJK6UGDSBKcRAiXjAJ4hzEJFNXIL5l0llosAwH79OGuD6gCfSp/S lJZ6i43Ca0SKbi6Wz4f+1Ao= =DUNA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
