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> CoW Are you talking about copy-on-write or redirect-on-write, which seems to be the real copy on write ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write https:/
by BlueTemplar 6y ago
> CoW
Are you talking about copy-on-write or redirect-on-write, which seems to be the real copy on write ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write
- the8472 6y agoFrom the same article: > Despite their names, copy-on-write usually refers to the first technique.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoYes, hence my question.
- the8472 6y agoCoW filesystem is a standing term used to refer to things such as zfs or btrfs. They use the first kind.