Re: File-level copy-on-write?

2005-02-11 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vladimir Saveliev wrote: [...] |>If not, can I implement this easily (how easily ;) ) with a plugin. |> | | I guess you mean plugin for reiser4? | You probably can but I do not think that it would be easy. But, AFAIK it's in the long-term plans, as it's

Re: File-level copy-on-write?

2005-02-11 Thread Vladimir Saveliev
Hello On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 11:18, Roland Paterson-Jones wrote: > Hi > > I have an application where I want to make relatively frequent copies of > a large file, and the copies will remain largely similar to the original. > > It seems to me that a file-level copy-on-write

File-level copy-on-write?

2005-02-11 Thread Roland Paterson-Jones
Hi I have an application where I want to make relatively frequent copies of a large file, and the copies will remain largely similar to the original. It seems to me that a file-level copy-on-write would support this well. So, does reiserfs support anything like this? If not, can I implement this