Does anyone else miss file versions like in VMS?

[RalphTheCow]

I was always a big fan of the way VMS made versions everytime you changed a file. Is there any other file system that has this functionality? I hoped that was what was meant by "journaling file system", but unfortunately it isn't.

I'm sure people have ways of keeping track of revisions in application software, probably the footer in Word for instance. But, in Word 97 for instance, I don't see an easily used function for this. I would think Office XP has something, but the MS way always seems to get too complicated to be used consistently.

 

[Armitage]

You could always use a revision control software package like CVS.

 

[nuttervm]

yep, cvs is made specifically for this.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Another vote for CVS, its a PITA to setup, but worth it in the end. Plus you can tunnel updates over SSH 😀

 

[Armitage]

Have you guys looked at subversion at all?
It's stated goal is to replace CVS 🙂

It looks very cool, solving some of the real problems with CVS (file renaming, project reorganizations, deleting directories, etc.).
Looks like even more of a PITA to set up though as it needs apache and some other stuff.

I might try it soon.