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Re: [cobalt-users] backing up conf files



At 16:05 28-08-2001 +0200, Jorge Otero wrote:
>I was wondering if it would be a good idea to backup the apache conf files 
>several times a day using cron, if there's any way to backup the conf files 
>automatically when editing them with pico, or if there's something wrong 
>with doing this.

You don't need to backup a file that often unless it is being modified.
Pico by default wraps up the line and messes up the apache conf files.  Use
Pico -w instead to avoid the word wraps.  I suggest that you always make a
copy of your last working conf files before editing them.

Regards,
-sm