Backup Format Description
for Cumulus: Efficient Filesystem Backup to the Cloud
- Version: "LBS Snapshot v0.6"
+ Version: "LBS Snapshot v0.8"
NOTE: This format specification is intended to be mostly stable, but is
still subject to change before the 1.0 release. The code may provide
[<length>]
is shorthand for
[0+<length>]
+In place of a traditional slice, the annotation
+ [=<length>]
+may be used. This is somewhat similar to specifying [<length>], but
+additionally asserts that the referenced object is exactly <length>
+bytes long--that is, this slice syntax does not change the bytes
+returned at all, but can be used to provide information about the
+underlying object store.
Both a checksum and a slice can be used. In this case, the checksum is
given first, followed by the slice. The checksum is computed over the