Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: kernel support for non-english user messages | Date | Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:11:56 +0100 (BST) |
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> > A versioned file becomes openable as a directory as well, so that you > > can see the old versions. I'm sure something like this has already > > been done, I'll have to try to search it out. > > There was "Hidden Directory" support in IBM's AIX/370 (and probably the > AIX 1.2 that was i386-only), and I'm told some of the HP Apollo stuff > did similar. Very strange, bizzare, aggrivating, and occasionally useful.
Well, you can say that about almost any feature, but you can always compile it out :-).
A versioned filesystem would be very useful for:
* Webservers * Development of small projects, where you don't need the overhead of an SCM, but something similar is useful.
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