On 2007-04-25, Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
I use rsnapshot to do nightly backups of /etc. It is not versioning, but serves a similar purpose and is easy to implement. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
