you can upload documents to google docs via email, why not send the update to there via a sendmail addition to the script? warmest regards,
Chris Yarger web: http://YargerDesigns.org skype: cpyarger msn: [email protected] aim: patyarg yahoo: christoyarg ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign X against HTML e-mail / \ On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Stanley Brinkerhoff <[email protected]>wrote: > > I definately do that -- and it is one way to handle updated /etc files -- > but there is something compelling about a Google-Doc's esque transaction log > for /etc files, as well as a system that would abstract all of the various > configuration files in such a way that I didn't need to know how each > worked. > > After configuring Tomcat via XML, other apps via INI style settings, and > some YAML config files -- toss in some M4 for good measure -- one system to > rule them all such as the Nokia, OSX, or other operating systems has some > appeal. > > That being said -- it was just something that if someone knew of -- I would > like to play with. I bet I could roll my own with FUSE and some Python. > > Stan > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:30 PM, chris yarger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> why not set a script that after an update is made to the folder it >> automatically updates the cvs? >> warmest regards, >> >> Chris Yarger >> >> web: http://YargerDesigns.org >> skype: cpyarger >> msn: [email protected] >> aim: patyarg >> yahoo: christoyarg >> >> >> ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign >> X against HTML e-mail >> / \ >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Rubin Bennett <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 11:40 -0400, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: >>> > All, >>> > >>> > While researching some power usage information for a standard PC vs an >>> > appliance router (assuming that gross power savings would make an >>> > appliance essentially 'free' compared to a 'free' pc that uses more >>> > power), I stumbled upon the Nokia IP530. Apparently Nokia makes >>> > really nice appliance firewalls (i had no idea). >>> > >>> > While doing some research, I found this Wikipedia article [1] >>> > discussing their Linux/BSD (Depending on the rev) based operating >>> > system. The short description of the "xpand" daemon sounded >>> > interesting -- and I was curious. Are there any other projects out >>> > there to replace /etc with a data/metabase, and provide a legacy /etc >>> > emulation layer? While adding some "registry" like wizardry to Linux >>> > would probably ignore some furor, having built in versioning, >>> > changelogs, and other "cool stuff" that such an abstraction would >>> > provide sounds interesting. >>> > >>> > I know Apple has some such wizardry (though, more registry like, and >>> > it doesnt provide an /etc legacy layer). Are there others? >>> > >>> I know that there have been efforts to do something similar in a >>> database (MySQL), where the database is presented similarly to a >>> filesystem for storing config files and the like. I haven't checked >>> recently, but it was moving slowly about a year ago if memory serves. >>> >>> We all know and love the Windows Registry for the hellish piece of >>> architectural crap that it is, so the idea of replacing the config files >>> with something like that is distinctly unattractive to most sane Unix >>> and Linux admins; any replacement for /etc needs to retain the >>> flexibility and backup-agnostic properties that make config files great, >>> while adding the revision control and such that make then a pain in the >>> arse to manage. >>> >>> SuSE's YaST tool tries to do something similar, but it overwrites all >>> the config files with the data in it's internal database, nullifying any >>> changes that a knowledgeable administrator may have made directly to the >>> files themselves (i.e. it doesn't read them back in, it only writes out >>> to them after a change). >>> >>> I've had some success with using CVS for version control on the files, >>> by replacing all of the config files with symlinks to a common directory >>> that I check in to CVS. >>> >>> The only complication in that is remembering to cvs up and cvs commit >>> after each change (it's always the human element that screws up the >>> works, isn't it?). >>> >>> Rubin >>> >>> > >>> > >>> > 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_IPSO >>> -- >>> Rubin Bennett >>> rbTechnologies, LLC >>> 80 Carleton Boulevard >>> East Montpelier, VT 05651 >>> >>> (802)223-4448 >>> http://thatitguy.com >>> >>> "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." >>> Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance >>> French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) >>> >> >> >
