From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 16 12: 3:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from alice.gba.oz.au (gba-254.tmx.com.au [203.9.155.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BBB7C14EBE for ; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 12:03:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au) Received: (qmail 18606 invoked by uid 1001); 16 Apr 1999 11:37:34 -0000 Message-ID: <19990416113734.18605.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.03 20-Sep-1998 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:37:33 +1000 From: Greg Black To: "Andrew J. Korty" Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Entombing for FreeBSD References: <199904160332.WAA28377@poynting.physics.purdue.edu> In-reply-to: <199904160332.WAA28377@poynting.physics.purdue.edu> of Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:32:55 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > We think entombing is an elegant solution for a very common problem. > It saves users time because it makes most of their mistakes > reversible. Systems administrators profit as well, since entombing > allows them to avoid the time-consuming task of restoring files > from tape. I can't remember the last restore I did! If we're restricting this to restoring lost files, I can't remember the last time I did that either. It was certainly more than 15 years ago. I don't use entombing. Can't see the point. -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message