Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:24:09 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: raggen@raggens.net Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes Message-ID: <4ad871310903290524h70086066id9e3b16a763a9282@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49CF6781.5070401@telia.com> References: <4ad871310903290437q269964d7k54a449f405fb31b2@mail.gmail.com> <49CF6781.5070401@telia.com>
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Hi, Roger On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Roger Olofsson <240olofsson@telia.com> wrote: > For local configuration files there's a tool called rcs that can be used for > tracking changes and rollback. > > It's a part of the FreeBSD base system. Check the man pages for rcs(1) ci(1) > co(1) rcsdiff(1) and rcsintro(1) - rcsintro(1) is probably where you want to > start. > > It's also available on other *nix systems like AIX, Red Hat, Solaris etc. > I received a reply (off-list) mentioning the same tool. My response was: I was fairly certain that I would get rcs in a reply. I haven't used it too extensively, but it seems similar to cvs / svn -- which I personally like. I was more curious if people actually do use rcs for this purpose. It appears rcs is the "right tool for the job." Thanks for the reply! -- Glen Barber
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