From: "John P. Looney" <john@antefacto.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: COW fs (Re: Editing-in-place of a large file)
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:35:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010910103549.E6058@antefacto.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010902152137.L23180@draal.physics.wisc.edu> <318476047.20010903002818@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <3B9B80E2.C9D5B947@riohome.com> <8015001541.20010910122851@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
In-Reply-To: <8015001541.20010910122851@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>; from VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 12:28:51PM +0300
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 12:28:51PM +0300, VDA mentioned:
> Now, sometimes we use hardlinks as "poor man's COW fs", but
> I bet it's error prone. Every now and then you forget it's a
> hardlinked kernel tree and start happily hacking in it... :-(
And of course hardlinks don't work on directories...
> A "compressor" which hunts and merges duplicate blocks is a bonus,
> not a primary tool.
Checkout http://freshmeat.net/projects/fslint/ - it's an excellent tool
for hunting down duplicate files, dangling links etc.
Kate
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Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-02 20:21 Editing-in-place of a large file Bob McElrath
2001-09-02 21:28 ` COW fs (Re: Editing-in-place of a large file) VDA
2001-09-09 14:46 ` John Ripley
2001-09-09 16:30 ` John Ripley
2001-09-10 2:43 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-10 2:58 ` David Lang
2001-09-09 17:41 ` Xavier Bestel
2001-09-10 1:29 ` John Ripley
2001-09-10 6:45 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-09-14 10:06 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-10 11:11 ` Ihar Filipau
2001-09-10 16:10 ` Kari Hurtta
2001-09-14 10:03 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-10 9:28 ` VDA
2001-09-10 9:35 ` John P. Looney [this message]
2001-09-02 21:30 ` Editing-in-place of a large file Ingo Oeser
2001-09-03 0:59 ` Larry McVoy
2001-09-03 1:24 ` Ingo Oeser
2001-09-03 1:31 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-03 1:50 ` Ingo Oeser
2001-09-03 10:48 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-03 14:31 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-03 14:46 ` Bob McElrath
2001-09-03 14:54 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-03 15:42 ` Doug McNaught
2001-09-03 15:11 ` Richard Guenther
2001-09-03 21:19 ` Ben Ford
2001-09-03 4:27 ` Bob McElrath
2001-09-03 1:30 ` Daniel Phillips
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