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On Thursday 23 October 2003 6:55 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> Where do you find this cfg-update?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Tuesday 21 October 2003 23:27, you wrote:
> > > IMO etc-update should make a backup copy of all files replaced
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
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> >
> > Rick,
> > This is one of the features (among others) of using the cfg-update with
> > the xxdiff gui front-end to replace using etc-update. After you set it
> > up, you just type "cfg-update -i" instead "of etc-update," and the xxdiff
> > gui comes up with the original and the ._cfg0000 file shown in right and
> > left panes- then you open a "merged" pane and you can work in those very
> > easily, with many options.
> >
> > Robert Crawford
>
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