On Friday 01 September 2006 10:57 am, Mike wrote:
If it's something really important, and you want to make sure, copy it to another directory. Before I do something drastic that might kill a program I'm running, I simply copy the original config file to say /tmp/etc . At least that way I've got a copy of the original incase rpm does change it.
In general, any config file that I play with I keep under revision control, usually with RCS. That way, if it gets inadvertently overwritten (from a package upgrade, my stupidity or whatever else), I can always get back to the any prior rev. :) -Nick -- <<< Why, oh, why, didn't I take the blue pill? >>> /`-_ Nicholas R. LeRoy The Condor Project { }/ http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~nleroy http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor \ / nleroy@cs.wisc.edu The University of Wisconsin |_*_| 608-265-5761 Department of Computer Sciences