Comment on Tracking Changes in Directories with PythonparentComments−cmsd212yI've been thinking about the best way to do this, and I too didn't want to rely on having a backup script running all the time.Windows seems to have a low-level api for querying the filesystem/vfs for changes since you last looked: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa36...And BTRFS has some ability to do this with find-new: http://www.tummy.com/blogs/2010/11/01/fun-with-btrfs-what-fi...It's nice that btrfs has these new interesting features, also see send/receive, but it's not available in the vfs, and I suppose never will be.−xradionut12yThe Windows solution would seem to only work if you have admin access to the specific server or the rights to access the journal.
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I've been thinking about the best way to do this, and I too didn't want to rely on having a backup script running all the time.
Windows seems to have a low-level api for querying the filesystem/vfs for changes since you last looked: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa36...
And BTRFS has some ability to do this with find-new: http://www.tummy.com/blogs/2010/11/01/fun-with-btrfs-what-fi...
It's nice that btrfs has these new interesting features, also see send/receive, but it's not available in the vfs, and I suppose never will be.
The Windows solution would seem to only work if you have admin access to the specific server or the rights to access the journal.