> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:59:09PM -0500, Charles Fry wrote: > > > In what ways is this package different to, say, dirvish, which I use > > > in a manner which is, AFAICS, identical to the way this package > > > operates? > > > > glastree provides a subset of the functionality of dirvish. It is > > actually most closely related pdumpfs. Like pdumpfs, glastree works > > locally and not (explicitely) remotely. > > Is there any benefit to using glastree over dirvish or pdumpfs?
The advantage of using glastree over pdumpfs is that it is implemented in Perl rather than Ruby (this is in fact the reason that I encountered it in the first place). As for using pdumpfs or glastree instead of dirvish, as far as I can tell (not having previously examined dirvish) they require no configuration, and may be simpler to use. dirvish seems to be designed to run from a single backup server for potentially multiple clients. pdumpfs and glastree are designed to be run strictly on a single client. Charles -- Thrifty jars for Stay at homes Handy tubes For him Who roams Burma-Shave http://frogcircus.org/burmashave/1947/thrifty_jars_for