Date: 22 Nov 2002 16:49:36 -0500 From: "Karl Vogel" <vogelke@dnaco.net> To: johann@broadpark.no Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Manage, centralize and backup configuration files Message-ID: <20021122214936.27770.qmail@kev.wpafb.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <20021122135348.27bb9788.johann@broadpark.no> (message from Janine C.Buorditez on Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:53:48 %2B0100) References: <20021122135348.27bb9788.johann@broadpark.no>
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>> On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:53:48 +0100, >> Janine C.Buorditez <johann@broadpark.no> said: J> I was thinking better back up my configuration files. Then I thought, J> what if they were regularly backed up into a centralized directory where J> I also could manage them from? Like, when I'm done modifying a file it J> is compied from the config repository into its original directory. You can do that. I prefer to modify them in place and let the system worry about putting them under revision control. J> What about a combination of rsync and CVS? Rsync is a good idea if you want your files backed up on a separate server. CVS is a bit inflexible with directories, so I prefer RCS. J> I'm not even sure this is possible. Which is why I'm open for advices J> from anyone who has a working model of how to set up such a convenient J> way of administering your system. http://www.dnaco.net/~vogelke/Software/Configuration_Management/System_Files describes my setup. All it does is keep a chosen set of files under RCS control. -- Karl Vogel ASC/YCOA, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433 vogelke@dnaco.net http://www.dnaco.net/~vogelke I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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