Keeping track of config file changes

Bob McClure Jr robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 15 03:20:01 UTC 2005


On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 07:57:10PM -0700, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> What's the best way to keep track of all the config file changes I've made
> over the years? I think it's kind of a lost cause on my existing machine,
> but on the next one I'd like to quickly find the changes so when I do an
> update of something that requires a new config, I can put the changes back
> in. I'm thinking of putting something unique on each line I change, then
> doing a big grep. I use CVS to track my own code, but it seems a bit
> unwieldy for this application. Any suggestions?

RCS comes to mind.

> Thanks!
> 
> Harold

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
God is more interested in our availability than our ability.




More information about the Redhat-install-list mailing list