On 01/18/2011 02:08 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:43:21 -0500 Christopher Michael<cpmicha...@comcast.net> > said: > >> On 1/18/2011 12:34 AM, P Purkayastha wrote: >>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:23:52 +0800, Christopher Michael >>> <cpmicha...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> LMAO ! :) Glad to be of help. If you have any other issues, don't >>>> hesitate to speak up :) Now I have to go waste some time and figure out >>>> why I have 9+ copies of the same .cfg files in >>>> ~/.e/e/config/standard....(e.1.cfg, e.2.cfg....e.9.cfg), etc, etc, etc >>> >>> Those are backup copies, aren't they? Someone had turned them off a year >>> ago, and then raster turned them back on recently. >>> >> Backup copies ?? I was not even aware that e17 was storing backup copies >> of config files .... If that's the case, fair enough ;) but really, why >> 9 different copies of it ? > > it was YOU that turned them off. :) remember - svn blame? :) Indeed :) Just wasn't aware that a 'backup system' was even implemented.
anyway - 9 extra > copies are a bit paranoid You can say that again ;) - but it's "in case" somehow e manages to save > several 0 byte "corrupt" files in a row due to fs corruption or badness (ext4, > xfs, reiserfs etc. that allow u to get 0 byte files if u power cycle while > files are being written to etc. - even if u use atomic rename). > > so sure - maybe 9 is overkill. we could live with 2 or 3... but whats a little > bit of disk space between friends :) > LOL, yea a little disk space is no big deal. It was more of a 'Why are there 9 copies of the same file ? Geez, that's annoying' type of realization. dh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
