On 10/30/05, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Qian Qiao schrieb: > > On 10/30/05, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> dd if=/dev/zero of=file && rm file > > > > I'm a noob on journaling file systems, won't the file be recovered if > > the journal is re-played? When we erase a file like that, don't we > > have to figure out a way to erase the journal entry too? > > No, the file won't be recovered. If it could be recovered, > the journal would have to be at least the size of the real > data, wouldn't it?
Ah, I see. I was thinking that the journal is working in a similar fashion as the transaction logs in DBMS, seems I'm quite wrong. :) -- Joe -- There are 3 kinds of people in the world: Those who can count, and those who can't. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
