Re: Question on direct (non-file) CVS access

If it's a matter of performance, you could consider using a ram disk 
(i.e. a temporary file system in memory). Of course, a GB of RAM is 
slightly more expensive than a GB of hard disk...

Benoit


Murray Altheim wrote:

> J Z wrote:
>
>> Hi Murray,
>>
>> I believe the answer is no, however, I have only
>> implemented one application with this package.  As far
>> as I know, javacvs will always create a parallel (cvs)
>> file structure, because it uses it for many purposes.
>>
>> It allows various (different) clients to access the
>> same cvs structure primarily... but if all you need to
>> do is commit a file you have in memory, you'd have to
>> do the additional steps you described... write it to
>> the proper place and commit it.
>>
>> Hope it helps and I hope I'm wrong for you!
>
>
> John,
>
> Thanks very much for your reply. I'd been kinda guessing as
> much, though I'd seen a few messages about virtual file
> systems and such and thought there might be some possibility.
> My understand of how CVS works agrees with your analysis. It's
> not a huge issue for me, especially in these days of cheap
> 160GB drives, but it would have been nice to have either an
> in-memory or database-driven version control system. But I am
> happy with CVS and have used it for years, so there's some
> advantage in sticking with what works.
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Murray
>
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