Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Version Numbers (Re: The Next Generation) Message-ID: <1120@sugar.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 08:47:17 EST Article-I.D.: sugar.1120 Posted: Thu Nov 26 08:47:17 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 17:47:20 EST References: <5294@ccicpg.UUCP> <2803@cbmvax.UUCP> <516@mcdsun.UUCP> <1570@bsu-cs.UUCP> Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX Lines: 22 Summary: Please. No. In article <1570@bsu-cs.UUCP>, jdh@bsu-cs.UUCP (John Hiday) writes: > Reading about protecting me from myself has reminded me of a VMS > feature which I sorely miss on my Amiga -- version numbers on files. Please. No. I have never used a system with version numbers where their main contribution hasn't been to fill up the disk (or your disk quota). On a system where the main magnetic media consists of floppies, it'd be even more of a loss. Just *maybe*, if you did it for hard disks only it'd be OK. $ TYPE LOGOUT.COM * Command not quite remembered from a year ago. $ PURGE /KEEP=1 [...] $ Which kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? A much better solution is for people to do frequent backups. Version numbers won't help you deal with a disk crash. -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter -- Disclaimer: These U aren't mere opinions... these are *values*.