From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 25 10:46:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C696516A4BF for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:46:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB7A443F93 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:46:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam@migus.org) Received: from garple.migus.org ([68.55.83.100]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2003082517462901200oreboe>; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:46:29 +0000 Received: from garple.migus.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by garple.migus.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7PHkSwr071537; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:46:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from adam@migus.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by garple.migus.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7PHkNrZ071536; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:46:23 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: garple.migus.org: www set sender to adam@migus.org using -f Received: from 204.254.155.100 (SquirrelMail authenticated user adam) by mail.migus.org with HTTP; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:46:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <49067.204.254.155.100.1061833583.squirrel@mail.migus.org> In-Reply-To: References: <200308230832.h7N8Wcol050681@beastie.mckusick.com> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:46:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adam Migus" To: "Julian Elischer" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,PRIORITY_NO_NAME,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT,X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: Kirk McKusick cc: Paul Saab cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mksnap_ffs, snapshot issues, again X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:46:31 -0000 Julian Elischer said: > Would it not be possible to make the snapshot file not appear in a > directory until it si finished? (I know that would be 'wierd' > but it would give a "guaranteed" solution.. > That sounds kinda neat as a compile time option or non-default (or perhaps even default) tunable if it were possible and not too difficult. The problem should likely be addressed given people might want to create snapshots around the same time they run find via the maintanence scripts. -- Adam - Migus Dot Org (http://www.migus.org)