On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question on my mind: What do ye folks out there use as a system > logbook? What I mean is something to keep notes of what RPMs you installed/ > upgraded/removed (and when), which configuration files you changed, etc.pp. > - basically notes how you keep the system running. > > I've been using hand-edited HTML pages for this task since RHL 4.2, which > have the advantage of being editable and readable in both text and GUI mode > and have the advantage over dead-tree docs of being easily searchable (of > course I have to back them up every now and then, just in case). However, > manually editing is sometimes too tedious for me to bother - with the > negative side effect that some things don't get logged... :-} > Hence, before I start reinventing the wheel: What kind of tools are other > people using for this task? > > Cheerio, > > Thomas >
Thomas, I've always used a simple ASCII document. It's really easy to edit from your favorite editor (Emacs, vi...) and it can just as easily be viewed from a web browser. -- ------------------------------------------------------ Nitebirdz ------------------------------------------------------ XFS for Linux: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs Mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
