Re: Numbered backups

"Tim Bradshaw (as tfb at cley dot com)" <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:16:56 +0000

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Almost yes.  I mean, obviously actually no because those systems have been excessively romanticised since they died (I only used twenex while they were alive), but it should be possible for filesystems to provide this functionality.

--tim

> On 12 Feb 2026, at 18:42, Christopher Stacy (as cstacy at dtpq dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Use a proper file server (ITS, which invented having the file system automatically create the numbered backups; or TENEX/TOPS-20, or VMS. Or LMFS on Symbolics Genera for the best version)....
> 
> :)
> 
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