>> It might save you some problems in places like profile.d/ or cron.d/ or
>> init.d/ hat itterate through all the contents of a directory.

I'm not sure what you're referring to there, but would enjoy hearing more.
:)

bd



-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matthew Melvin
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:09 PM
To: Brad Doster
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: File Update Script


On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi Matthew,
>
> I think your first RCS command below should have been 'ci' rather than
> 'co' -- is that correct?

Oh.. err.. yes indeed it should be. Sorry 'bout that. :)

> At initial glance, RCS a bit confusing, but something one could get used
to.
> Also, many of my scripts are likely to be called by cron jobs while I'm
> editing, so playing with live versions is not a good idea.  However, used
in
> conjuction with my technique, the best of both worlds are possible:
>
> cd /etc/rc.d
> mkdir _edit_
> cp rc.local _edit_
> cd _edit_
> mkdir RCS
>
> Then use RCS to edit the copy of the file.  When ready to make it live,
use
> fupdate to do so.  All in all, I really like this solution.

You might wan't to make it .edit or some other 'hidden' dir instead.  It
might save you some problems in places like profile.d/ or cron.d/ or init.d/
that itterate through all the contents of a directory.  I can't think of any
actual instances that would be a problem becuase _edit_'s a directory and
not a file.. but something to take under advisement. :)

> Thanks again for checking out the script and offering your feedback!

always a pleasure. :)

M.

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