Talk:Versioning file system
So why is there no modern versioning file system, or is there? It always seemed like a nice feature to me when using VMS back in the stone age. Spalding 12:41, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- Vista does support it, and Norton GoBack also as an addon to Window$. This is indeed a great feature and I don't know why isn't it more widespread doc Aberdeen ❖ 01:17, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
What about "mod_dav_svn"? It is sort of an adapter between the versioning system Subversion and WebDAV. WebDAV in turn is a network protocol for filesystem access, and I guess it can even be mounted as ordinary filesystem in some operating systems. Altogether this solution might be concidered a modern versioning file system. Can someone verify this, and change the article accordingly? Michael R. 14:25, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
NTFS
What about NTFS's versioning through file's alternate datastreams? Shouldn't it be considered as a kind of versioning file system?
- I mentioned NTFS, although It would be surprising if it was done via alternate streams. (Doc aberdeen 00:33, 27 May 2007 (UTC))
- Surprisingly enough, it is. AND it doesn't show up on the file size (which is just the size of the unnamed stream) or on the directory size.
- Ummmm, no it isn't. NTFS does not keep versions of the files that it manages. The closest thing that some Windows boxes have for versioning is Shadow Copies, and that uses a separate cache file (or hardware), and not alternate datastreams. If you're talking about the "Version" tab of the File->Properties dialog in Explorer, please realize that that has nothing to do with Versioning File Systems.
- Surprisingly enough, it is. AND it doesn't show up on the file size (which is just the size of the unnamed stream) or on the directory size.