On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 03:50:15PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > The script, below, really has two functions. One is to make a > backup copy of any changed file in /etc. I used "savelog" to > keep the last few revisions of the files. The second function > is to keep /etc a little more tidy. The script deletes all editor > backup files (*~), and notifies me when there is a .dpkg-new or > .dpkg-old copy lying about. I run this in cron.daily, so I keep > getting reminders until I go in and clean these up by hand.
Nice work, i'm installing it on all my machines right now. > > After running this for a few months, I've discovered that some > packages make their own backup copies of config files. Setserial, for > example backs up /etc/serial.conf to /etc/.serial.conf.old. I've > put exceptions in to ignore the ones I've found. The script How about making some sym-links to those files. That why all back-up files can be accessed from one directory. You only have to do this once, when the target files are rotated, the symlinks will point to the correct file. -- Casper Gielen [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- People just generally like to disagree. Bill Joy