In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sean J. Schluntz" writes:
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> >> That's what I figured. Well, I need it for a project so I guess you all
> >> won't mind if I code it and submit a patch ;)
> >>
> >> How does --revisions=XXX sound. --revisions=0 would be unlimited, any oth
er
> >> number would be the limiter for the number of revisions.
> >
> >And when it reaches that number, do you want it to delete old
> >revisions, or stop making new revisions?
>
> You would delete the old one as you continue rolling down.
>
>
> >Perhaps something like --backup=numeric would be a better name. In
> >the long term it might be better to handle this with scripting.
I would suggest no reinventing the wheel and doing this the way GNU cp
does it:
-V, --version-control=WORD override the usual version control
The backup suffix is ~, unless set with SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The
version control may be set with VERSION_CONTROL, values are:
t, numbered make numbered backups
nil, existing numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
never, simple always make simple backups
Unless there is some overwhelming reason not follow this scheme.
-- Alberto
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