Re: [PLUG] Re: Thoughts on creating a virtual file system

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:53:58AM -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 04:51:34PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> > Then why not have a designated directory that you rsync around.  You
> > could even use the -C option if changes are sparse enough and you want
> > to go both ways.  What do you get by having your file system in a file
> > and mounted with loopback?
> 
> I get the feeling that he may not have control over the computer
> where he's working, and may not want to ever actually leave files on
> it. (Say, a lab machine, or a shared for-contractors system as a
> contract employee.)

It's no harder to delete a directory of files than a single file.

Walt

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