On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro-...@vl.com> wrote:
> If you've ever played with rsync snapshots, the principle is the same, > only at the file level instead of the block level. With rsync snapshots > you have a set of real files, and then one or more directory trees that > consist of nothing but symlinks to the real files, with the exception of > any files that have changed. > > Modified files are written as real files, while unmodified files are > written as a symlink. Minor nit: rsync snapshots use real links, not symlinks. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email j...@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
