2012/3/28 Emanuel Rumpf
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> On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 03:27 +0200, Emanuel Rumpf wrote:
>> This allowed the SM to:
>>
>> - tell the user if a certain file is part of any session registered at the SM
>
> Why would the user care?
>
(Lets assume I haven't use a certain machine for half a year...)
For many reasons:
- deleting - I would like to know, if I'm allowed to delete a certain file, thus
it's important to know if it is still used by any session
- destruction - I'm planning to use a destructive application an a file
and would like to know, if this file is used by any session, where
this modification would cause trouble
- duplication and release - one may intend to export all files (maybe
of a certain type) for a certain session and send them to a friend.
- freeing disk space - I would like to remove all files not used (anymore) by
any session (or by a _certain_ session). how else would I know ?
this all sounds really interesting, but IMHO these are all extras (that can introduce a lot of extra complications)
if i can tell the SM where the session needs to be stored that's enough for me. i really dont care how the underlying files/dirs are organised
all i care about is that i can save/restore a session.
and if this comes at the price of HD space, so be it
if i know where the sessions are stored it's easy enough to archive the complete dir and move it to a fileserver
thijs
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E.R.