Re: [Gramps-users] Quick Backups - a tip

[Doug <dou...@on...>]

Theo Tulley wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>   
>> <snip>
>> If you have RCS, <snip>
>>     
> I'm using LinuxMint-6.
> If I open a terminal and enter: $ man RCS I do get a manual - its Name is:
> rcS - variables that affect the behavior of boot scripts
> and its Description says:
> The /etc/default/rcS file contains variable settings in POSIX format:
> VAR=VAL
>
> This looks quite different from the description in the Wiki article on 
> RCS which names it as Revision Control System - and looks like what Doug 
> was describing. It is supported by Purdue University and can be 
> downloaded from there.
>
> I have yet to discover whether it's compatible with LinuxMint-6 - it is 
> designed for Unix and reported to have been successfully ported to ther 
> systems. I have posted an enquiry in the LinuxMint forums.
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Theo Tulley.
> tj....@ph...
> SFHG Member No: 11619
>
>   
Yes, it is RCS. It's available as a regular package  for Linux Mandriva, 
so maybe LinuxMint has one as well (LinuxMint is unfamiliar to me).
Otherwise the tarball (rcs-5.7.tar) is available from 
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/trinkle/RCS. It looks as though 
installation ought to be straightforward on a linux system, but somebody 
else needs to comment on that - I don't want to overwrite the RCS I 
already have!


Doug