Subject: RE: configuration file changes
From: Jim Kerr (afjsk@uaa.alaska.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 14 2002 - 22:35:48 AKDT
I'm sure I'm missing something here, but just incase I'll throw in my two
bits.
In these days of gigabyte hard disks is it against the rules to have
different configuration files? Then write a script that will simply 'mv' the
desired configuration file into place?
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> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf Of
> Arthur Corliss
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:55 PM
> To: Mike Barsalou; 'aklug@aklug.org'
> Subject: Re: configuration file changes
>
>
>
> > I am working in a situation where the config files changed from
> one version
> > of the program to another. Is there a reasonable way to write a
> > script that would put the old config file entries in a file, then
> > insert them into the new config files?
> >
> > An example might be:
> >
> > =old config file=
> >
> > IP=192.168.2.5
> > NAME=Mike
> >
> > =new config file=
> > IPADDRESS=
> > FIRSTNAME=
> > LASTNAME=
> >
> > Obviously I want to move the IP to IPADDRESS.
> >
> > This is way oversimplified but the ideas is there.
>
> All you need is sed. . .
>
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