Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 18:38:39 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UFS snapshots in current Message-ID: <20020401023839.GR93885@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <p05101501b8cd700e7c76@[128.113.24.47]> References: <200203312214.g2VMEWD07500@beastie.mckusick.com> <p05101501b8cd700e7c76@[128.113.24.47]>
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* Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> [020331 18:12] wrote: > > Hmm. Is there any way for a regular user-land process to tell > if a given file is a snapshot? Something in the stat() info, > or some other way to tell? I have no urgent need for it, but > it seems like it would be useful. This probably isn't exactly what you're looking for, but you could check the file's ctime against the ctime of the snapshot file. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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