OnTap WAFL’s .snapshot feature is such easy to use since years while on FreeBSD UFS2 the
unprivileged users were not able to as easily use snapshots for retrieving old stages of their files.
To solve this I’ve implemented a little snapshot management environment for FreeBSD around mount(8), mdconfig(8), amd(8) and cron(8) which provides a
similar environment than what people are used to from WAFL.
A summary article and proof of concept implementation is available.
sounds like a goood one..
This really looks like a nice application of FreeBSD’s snapshot features. It has a lot of practical uses – I can think of a few at the office right now
. He should try to attract more attention to this project, as I’m sure that more people can use it. Nice work!
Maybe English is not his native language. I think he did a very good job at it. Are you fluent in all the world’s languages? No? I thought so.
Great article.. I’m going to have to try it out.