Data backup

[Linas Vepstas]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:17:21AM -0700, Rob Walker was heard to remark:
> 
> >>>>> On 14 Jun 2001 23:34:52 -0700, Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com>
> >>>>> said:
> 
> Dave> The only file you have to backup is the main one -- the one you
> Dave> open.
> 
> Would it hold true that the largest file is the main one?  

usually.

> Do the
> files get smaller as you delete transactions, or do they stay around,
> as 'deleted yyyymmddhhmmss' transactions, and thus invisible, for some
> sort of "undo-redo" game?

Not in the XML backend.  But the sql backend does have an 'audit trail'
that logs who added/cahnged/deleted what/when.

--linas