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Aquarion
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Location: UK
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 Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:52 am Post subject: /etc/ config protection assistant |
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A quick script you may find useful in helping keep track of config file changes. When run, will go though /etc and help you to decide on whether to keep or kill a given config file change.
Save this somewhere, and make it executable (I called it "emerge-config-update" and saved it in /usr/sbin. YMMV)
Note: This won't delete or change anything until you tell it to. Use is at your own risk.
| Code: | # 2002-02-27/(c)aquarion@aquarionics.com. Released under GPL, use with care.
for file in `find /etc -iname '._cfg????_*'`;
do ORIG=`echo $file | sed -e"s/\._cfg0000_//"`;
clear
echo $file to $ORIG:;
diff $ORIG $file | more ;
echo -n "Replace $ORIG? (y)es/(n)o/(N)O, and delete the bloody thing>";
read REP;
if [ "$REP" = "y" ];
then cp $ORIG $ORIG.last;
then mv $file $ORIG;
fi;
if [ "$REP" = "N" ];
then rm ._cfg0000_*;
fi;
done
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sibbe
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Location: Helsinki, Finland
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Well, there is already /usr/sbin/etc-update, which also has an option for merging different file versions. Nice to see alternative ways though - I personally like to use the needed tools manually: find -iname "._cfg*" and then diff(1)ing the files & editing.
BTW, etc-update is _almost_ like FreeBSD's mergemaster, so it makes us BSD users feel a little more like home.
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