From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 19 23:26:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (draco.over-yonder.net [198.78.58.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8038E37B400 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 23:26:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 11F60FC5; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:26:36 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:26:36 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: francisv@dagupan.com Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] Revision control system Message-ID: <20020320012636.C29148@over-yonder.net> References: <10F29E27A956D511B0940050DA8D86A934101D@apmail.dagupan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5-fullermd.1i In-Reply-To: <10F29E27A956D511B0940050DA8D86A934101D@apmail.dagupan.com>; from francisv@dagupan.com on Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:16:09AM +0800 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:16:09AM +0800 I heard the voice of francisv@dagupan.com, and lo! it spake thus: > Hi, > > Can you share with me how you make use of RCS in your production systems for > system configuration changes, etc.? We're using this script to edit > configuration files: > > /usr/local/bin/rvi: > #!/bin/sh > co -l $1 > $VISUAL $1 > rcsdiff -u $1 > ci -u $1 I messed with RCS for a while, but it quickly showed its inherent impracticality. I just use CVS for everything nowadays, with a single central repository accessed via ssh from elsewhere. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message