[Info-vax] Is there a way to enabling versioning in Samba

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/24/2017 4:28 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2017-07-24 19:56:26 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:
>> Den 2017-07-24 kl. 21:41, skrev Stephen Hoffman:
>>>> don.zong at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> ...so that whenever there is a change in the file, it will create a 
>>>>> new file with a new version....
>>>> ...
>>> My impression is that the file system is the wrong tool for most 
>>> sorts of version control.
>>
>> Of course. And the file version in VMS has little to do with version 
>> *control*, of course.
> 
> I've worked with a number of folks that do use file versions for exactly 
> that; for source control.   It's fairly common usage on smaller projects 
> on OpenVMS.   Many of the developers have been very experienced and 
> long-time OpenVMS folks, too.    What was asked by the OP has been a 
> fairly common reason why folks have asked similar questions about 
> OpenVMS file version creation and overwrites, too. Hence my DVCS-related 
> comments.  Also why I'd commented on different potential goals that 
> might be in play here.   Different folks use OpenVMS for different 
> reasons, and sometimes in vastly different ways,

Using VMS file versions for VCS is utterly insane.

A common command PURGE get rid of all older versions.

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Arne