| Mike Leone on 11 Dec 2003 13:58:02 -0500 |
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Walt Mankowski (waltman@pobox.com) had this to say on 12/11/03 at 12:08: > 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. It is when they cancel your contract while you're not onsite. And now you've left files there, with no way of retreival. If you do this virtual file system thing on a USB flash drive on your keychain, you take copies of all your information, notes, etc, whenever you leave the rpemises. And it's more portable than a CD, requires no burner hardware, etc. Attachment:
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