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Right. You can do a lot of things (version control and encryption come to mind) at the filesystem level. A filesystem is a specialized kind of database, anyway,
by silentbicycle 18y ago
Right. You can do a lot of things (version control and encryption come to mind) at the filesystem level. A filesystem is a specialized kind of database, anyway, and databases are surprisingly versatile.
If memory serves, you can automatically mount daily snapshots of FreeBSD's standard filesystem. (I'm using OpenBSD, which is slightly different.)