From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 29 12:24:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7818710656E9 for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 306988FC0A for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d11so1148069and.13 for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:24:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=8j5AZVn8+NrFLVFXdfBvxI9Rm37BrL5xQ3CYtXb6AGc=; b=erUwlNu0W9gdgoq/FfhvjgH+d8NhWFPkzh9d9kSff6GFDCMzVjGBoch/pETeQPe4oh L0uw+Jiba3cqn+E2D7QyBHTtFiA0sDhjhqf50BYyifCY5KpA3vqdiY/QHGFxf9ASpArO 9g9ZRBTsqCtcg0/Oh4BxkcLtOpBGB7u1Gfr7s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OgA2Pbza5O3+HRcgMJNDF0KsFyQFHYv1Oyw3hoOhMGeqd1Y+v4hbZw/PyjhqesSs9b ue5YPKnwxMEDIVY3nSJP8WFlJ3g6Ztohx1hCeZ3HHWkEO0h20pc8ns2fwDRiMh7cb0jM Pg3EuDTnyhNxjMfCZS40+WFyd6I6xFJ5wPtDM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.58.18 with SMTP id g18mr3071450ana.125.1238329449619; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:24:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49CF6781.5070401@telia.com> References: <4ad871310903290437q269964d7k54a449f405fb31b2@mail.gmail.com> <49CF6781.5070401@telia.com> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:24:09 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310903290524h70086066id9e3b16a763a9282@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: raggen@raggens.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes 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: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:24:10 -0000 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