a question about evim
Michael ODonnell
michael.odonnell at comcast.net
Wed Jan 25 20:46:01 EST 2006
>> I'd advise getting used to/enjoying [...] backups.
[...]
>I don't know how long it would take me to kill my
>computer if I couldn't turn that off
Amen! Backup files like that have caused me MUCH more
trouble than they've ever been worth. For example, in just
the last couple of months I've been called upon to solve
one modprobe problem and one ifcfg problem that nearly had
me frothing at the mouth. It turned out that the poor
lusers had allowed somebody to edit their config files
with an editor that left those backup turds lying around.
Later, no matter how many changes they made to the "real"
config files (with an editor that was NOT incontinent) those
backup files would be silently evaluated AFTER the "real"
files and basically inflict the previous config on them.
Yes, the fact that backup files were being acted upon
instead of ignored might be counted as a bug, but leaving
junk lying around like that is still just basically rude.
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