Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:18:24 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tar output mode for installworld Message-ID: <469B8C40.9020603@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <469B23FE.8060608@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <46992FFF.7010906@kientzle.com> <20070714223853.GF16579@britannica.bec.de> <469992CA.6000104@freebsd.org> <4699BE75.2090808@freebsd.org> <20070715133016.GA53853@psconsult.nl> <469A6B73.1030004@freebsd.org> <469B23FE.8060608@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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> Being able to record a series of incremental changes in a filesystem > hierarchy, and then roll them back as required. That would be > exceedingly useful, and I think your 'ntree' format has virtually > everything necessary to do that. The most obvious missing bit I can > see is creating a backup of a file before overwriting it with > different content. Is this something that requires changes to the specification file format, or just a feature of the tool that uses the specification file? If the former, what do you envision would be required? Tim Kientzlehelp
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