On Saturday 07 August 2004 01:33, Donovan Baarda wrote: > G'day, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Bucciarelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 12:17 AM > Subject: Restoring /etc > > > I screwed up my /etc directory bigtime. I wanted to put it under CVS > > to maintain a history, but didn't realize that CVS does not honor > > symbolic links. Of course, I didn't backup before rm -rf /etc; cvs co > > etc. Doh! > > I use PRCS, and there are debs. PRCS keeps everything, including empty > directories. It's propper branch/merge/rename etc support mean I keep > all my machines in the one project as seperate branches, and I can merge > changes across between them painlessly. It has some limitations, like no > network transport (I use rsync instead), but it is ideal for something > like this; simple, easy to use, reliable, and nothing more.
thanks, that works great. logcheck doesn't like CVS crud. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
