[Gluster-devel] Trash translator for GlusterFS

[Niels de Vos]

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 03:57:29AM -0500, Jiffin Thottan wrote:
> 
> Hi Niels,
> 
> The deleted files are moved to trash directory by appending timestamp 
> to file name.So there is no chance of name collisions.The trash 
> directory will be present in every brick.
> 
> In the given scenario,both README files are shown separately  in trash 
> directory with different timestamps.

Thanks Jiffin! That answers my questions :)

Niels

> 
> As of now ,a common trash directory will be available from the mount 
> point.But there are some issues regarding this implementation.
> 
> Regards,
> Jiffin
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Niels de Vos" <ndevos at redhat.com>
> To: "Jiffin Thottan" <jthottan at redhat.com>
> Cc: gluster-devel at nongnu.org
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 1:56:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] Trash translator for GlusterFS
> 
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 03:53:05AM -0500, Jiffin Thottan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > We are planning to implement a trash translator for GlusterFS and high-level doc for the same is attached with this mail or can be reviewed on
> > http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Features/Trash.
> > 
> > Please go through the doc and give out any valuable suggestions.
> 
> Could you include a practical example of deleting a file, the location 
> where Trash keeps it and how the file can be found/restored?
> 
> How do you cover this scenario?
> 
>     $ echo 'Hello World!' > README
>     $ rm README
>     $ echo 'Hello Universe!' > README
>     $ rm README
> 
> Which file(s) will be located in the Trash?
> 
> Thanks,
> Niels
> 

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Niels de Vos
Sr. Software Maintenance Engineer
Support Engineering Group
Red Hat Global Support Services