>>> On 11/2/2012 at 10:41 AM, "McKown, John" <[email protected]> >>> wrote:
> I thought about using rsync. However, rsync simply replaces old versions > with new versions, thus not maintain a set of "fallback" versions. I was > thinking that by using git, I could both have an annotated change control log > and a "remote" backup. Two for the price of one, so to speak. Rsync will make the backup copy if you specify "-b", but it certainly won't give you annotations. Considering that lots of other people use git for maintaining system configuration files across multiple systems, I don't see anything fundamentally different with what you're doing. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
