On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 09:41 +0100, Manuel Giraud wrote: > Peter Miller <feu...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I saved and re-use my config files everywhere. All my files stay on 1 > > usb drive that I plug in to whatever cpu i'm using. I keep it backed > > up. > > I'm curious about how you deal with that. I have the same annoying > problem of little differences in config files from system to system. Do > you make this usb drive your home, or rsync, or what? > > I've once setup an usb thumb drive with a complete OpenBSD and boot on > it everywhere I can but the writes were so slow that the thing is barely > usable (I think I might try it with an external HD). > For normal files, I mount the usb drive /mnt/whatever and create a bookmark to it or set the file manager to start there by default.
Sometimes i use /home/pete/temp (on the main hard disk) and then move all the files once at the end of the day to the external disk. As for the config files, i try to use the same files on all systems. When that isn't possible i create .tcshrc-base and .tcshrc-obsd-add with the extra lines i need. Then i copy and paste the contents of -add into -base as needed (i could use patch). Or i make 2 separate files, .tcshrc-server and .tcshrc-laptop These files are kept on the usb drive and copied into my /home once, after a fresh install. It's pretty easy with a -server and -laptop version. rsync is overkill. -- Later Peter
