Re: reiser4 plugins

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:00:49 CDT, David Masover said:

> >>Speaking of backup, that's another nice place for a plugin.  Imagine a
> >>dump that didn't have to be of the entire FS, but rather an arbitrary
> >>tree...  That might be a nice new archive format.  I know Apple already
> >>uses something like this for their dmg packages.
> > Hmm.. you mean like 'tar' or 'cpio' or 'pax' or 'rsync'? :) 
> No, a dmg is an OS X program installer.  It appears to be a disk image
> of sorts.  So this is the backup idea in reverse.

I was addressing the ability to deal with an arbitrary tree.  By that definition,
a dmg, being a disk image and not a tree image, is *not* what you want....

Attachment: pgpSv0octYcKb.pgp
Description: PGP signature

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux