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@@ -244,15 +244,15 @@ So, what are all these files doing in this database? The scheme is fairly simple. In the `.rvs' directory there is 1 directory, the - `files' directory. There used to be a folder for tempfiles (0.5.8- - 0.6.2), but no more (0.6.3+). If you need a tempfile, just run: - FILENAME=`tempfile` + `files' directory. There used to be a folder for tmpfiles (0.5.8- + 0.6.2), but no more (0.6.3+). If you need a tmpfile, just run: + FILENAME=$(mktemp -t) The `files' directory is where all the data is kept. When any file is committed, whether it be a regular file, a - directory, a link, or any other type of file, 2 file are created in - `.rvs/files', the "raw-file" and the "meta-file". When we speak of - file IDs, we mean the filename of the corresponding file in + directory, a link, or any other type of file, 2 files are created + in `.rvs/files', the "raw-file" and the "meta-file". When we speak + of file IDs, we mean the filename of the corresponding file in `.rvs/files' in rvs 0.5.8-0.6.3 this is just the sha1sum of the file. The meta-file stores everything not part of the file itself; the filename, file-type, author, copyright owner, file permissions, |