what about a "CVS" or "Subversion" system?

Francisco


Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

>>>On a similar subject, here's a suggestion for a really useful thing
>>>somebody needs to write, if they haven't already :
>>>A utility which intercepts any file overwrite or delete operation in
>>>specified directories, and stashes away a copy of the old version (EVERY
>>>old version) in an archive, which can then be periodically burned to a CD.
>>>There are many times when I've wished I had every previous version of a
>>>file....
>>>
>>>
>>You can do this with Linux pretty easily ... wrap your "edit" or "vi" command
>>with a script that makes a copy first, then deletes the copy if the new
>>version of the file is identical to the previous copy.
>>
>>
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>You can do _that_ just as easily on pretty any current desktop system. But
>it only protects changes through those commands. Therefore, to be really
>useful, you'd need something that hooks into the file system call.
>
>Gerhard
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