in reply to Backup script

I would like to point out that there is great utility in putting your home directory's dot files into version control, especially a distributed VCS like hg, bzr, or git.

That way, not only do you have a backup, but you have a versioned backup, for when you want to find that shell function you deleted a few months back. Also, it's trivially easy to get set up on a new machine (just check out the repository).

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Re^2: Backup script
by mpeg4codec (Pilgrim) on Jun 27, 2009 at 17:42 UTC
    ++, I keep many of my dotfiles in a git repo and can't recommend it enough. Being able to sit down on a virgin box, git clone, and have all my stuff completely customized (including/especially vim) is the bee's knees. Pushing local customizations out to all the boxes I use without having to think about it is even better.
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