NEXT3(TM) is a flavor of the widely used Ext3 file system with built-in support for snapshots. Developed by CTERA Networks, NEXT3 is licensed under the GPL. This package contains a standalone ext4dev module with NEXT3 snaphsots support. It is available for download on the NEXT3 project download page [http://next3.sourceforge.net/files/]. The package consists of the following files: README - This file. Makefile - Download, build, install and test ext4dev kernel module and utils. docs/COPYING - GPL License. docs/CHANGELOG - Release notes. docs/INSTALL - Build and install instructions. docs/HOWTO - Getting started with snapshots. docs/BUGS - Open issues. bin/snapshot.ext4dev - snapshots management script. bin/{fsck,mkfs,tunefs,lsattr/chattr}.ext4dev - Pre-compiled (for x86_64) e2fsprogs utils with snapshot support patches. For more information, please visit the NEXT3 wiki [https://github.com/amir73il/next3-utils/wiki]. Please post support questions to the next3-users mailing list [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/next3-users]. Please post bugs and technical questions to the next3-devel mailing list [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/next3-devel]. For other requests please contact Amir Goldstein <amir73il@users.sourceforge.net>.