From owner-freebsd-config Thu Oct 8 14:19:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA22467 for freebsd-config-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 14:19:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA22442 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 14:19:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA00754; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 14:23:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810082123.OAA00754@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Warner Losh cc: config@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Needed: intelisync-like functionality In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 15:10:45 MDT." <199810082110.PAA15923@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 14:23:47 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > There are many applications that I've found for doing an intellegent > syncing. I see two big classes of syncing that is needed: > > 1) Keeping n files on n systems the same, while allowing for > changes on any of the n systems. This is what intellisync > does in the Windows world. Rsync (mostly). > 2) To allow merging of an example file with a config file over > time (ala the /etc/rc.conf problem). The "right" solution for this is going to be a database of some source. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-config" in the body of the message