RE: Sysadmins - versioning config files

Luke Youngblood wrote:
> I'm new to subversion and I'm looking at it as a way to help me backup and
> work with config files on a number of Unix/linux servers. Essentially, I
> want to be able to import /etc/ and everything below it and have
Subversion
> maintain control of that. That way, I can create a new tree for each
server
> and if my /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file changes and I need to get a working
> version of it, I can always go back to that.
 
I remember a project called "asvn" that remembered Unix file permissions and
the like. I don't know whether it supports devices and FIFOs but I have the
feeling it does.

I don't have a URL handy but I'm sure Google will help you out.

-- 
Robert Hunter
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