From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 16:46:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 705F316A407 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:46:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanhalprin@yahoo.com) Received: from web58901.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web58901.mail.re1.yahoo.com [66.196.100.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3937D13C465 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:46:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanhalprin@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 9049 invoked by uid 60001); 4 Jan 2007 16:46:26 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=PLKgJYBpl5dTvguZiyziDBXoYyluh72a+XPXcLFZ/F0yzjPHg0MMK6U5cP/SJXcTh+0RQQeknRWMzBpQzhLL+CjDPbiphTukV64MWWczTG4rY8CjOkdVoJxVZ7iUUJABnF/O3d2tgbRanQLLAhDdTlSVLYdLLbSkn25r1NsSIVY= ; Message-ID: <20070104164626.9047.qmail@web58901.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.82.9.60] by web58901.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:46:26 PST Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:46:26 -0800 (PST) From: Stan Halprin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Clutz-Proof Logging X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:46:27 -0000 8376----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Vizion =0A>I am not certain if you are using X or console.=0A=0Aconsole=0A=0A>As = far as file editing is concerned if the file is important to you then you m= ight =0A>want to try saving a snapshot when you open the file and use a sma= ll script to =0A>both save the snapshot and do a diff report that stores th= e differences between =0A>the file when you opened it and when you saved it= . opened. That way you always >have as permanent a record as you wish to ke= ep.=0A=0AWhat is a snapshot? I could just make a backup copy of it, which i= s what I was thinking of doing, and revert if necessary. Of course, that su= pposes I remember to do that :/ I was hoping for some program smarter than = me.=0AThanks,=0AStan=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A_____________________________________= _____________=0ADo You Yahoo!?=0ATired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best s= pam protection around =0Ahttp://mail.yahoo.com