Hi. So, I was trying to figure out a way to get automatic versioning for all files in /etc, and I wonder if someone tried that already.
I would like to: 1. Not have to add files to a list when I add them to etc (like, I don't want to have to "csv add" any files); 2. Not have to manually check in (although I could get vim to automatically do that, I guess); 3. Be robust and not too complex. Simplicity is something I am willing to give up if nothing else works (but robustness is a must). What I could think of is: - Use version control. From simple rcs to full mercurial/monotone, this would be interesting, but this fails (1) and (2). Maybe a cronjob could automatically add unknown files, but I don't feel comfortable with that. (But I see lots of advantages in putting /etc in a distributed VCS, like automatic incremental backups, easy propagation to other similar hosts, etc); - Use a versioning filesystem, like CopyFS[0]. This is nice, but the only filesystems I could find with versioning are FUSE-based, and I'm not sure if it would be possible to get /etc mounted on FUSE. Maybe with initrd (anyone ever mounted root or /etc on FUSE?), but it fails (3). Does anyone have other ideas? Thanks, J. [0] http://n0x.org/copyfs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
