On Monday 20 June 2005 18.41, Mike Oliver wrote: > > Before running the script I save all relevant files. E.g. all needed > > config files, scripts, tex, etc. Everything that I need to keep. > > Included in that are things like XF86Config-4 so X will run > > immediately, etc/hotplug settings, ppp settings. > > I'd much appreciate some thoughts as to how to identify all the > relevant files. I tried "locate conf | grep conf$" but there > were just too many files ending in conf, and I don't suppose > all files needed end in conf anyway (/boot/grub/menus.lst and > /etc/fstab come to mind). And what about kernel modules? I never have > found the file where all that info is kept. I wrote a small thing in bash called modified.sh which I use to keep track of files that I edit simply by "modified.sh -a /some/file". Here is the resulting list from that script after some 2 years of use. These are the files that I have edited. ----------------------------------- # Shell config files /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/profile ~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc /root/.bash_profile /root/.bashrc # System config files /etc/fstab /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/ftpusers /etc/modules /etc/mailname /etc/email-addresses /etc/aliases /etc/login.defs /etc/sudoers # Boot files /etc/lilo.conf # System service files /etc/proftpd.conf /etc/apm/apmd_proxy /etc/apm/standby.d/spindownhd /etc/apm/resume.d/spinuphd ~/.lineak/lineakd.conf /etc/init.d/hwtools ~/.xmodmaprc /etc/cups/printers.conf /etc/default/bootlogd # Application settings files /etc/vim/gvimrc ~/.gvimrc ~/.emacs /root/.emacs /etc/emacs/redo.el /etc/emacs/redo.elc /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/ssl.conf /etc/squirrelmail/apache.conf /usr/local/share/phpicalendar/myconfig.inc.php ~/.mc/ini /etc/fetchmailrc ~/.procmailrc ~/.my.cnf ~/.mplayer/config ~/.rss2email/config.py /usr/bin/viewurl-opera.sh /etc/ssl/certs/my-ca.crt /etc/ssl/certs/my-ca.key ~/.wine/config /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/courier/imapd # X /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession ~/.Xresources # Cron files /etc/cron.monthly/ /etc/cron.weekly/ # Scripts ~/bin/ /usr/local/bin/ # Not so important files and directories that will be backed up # anyway: #~/.kde/share/ #~/.xfce4/ ----------------------------------- What it would come down to for me is to save the modified files, then do: dpkg --get-selections > package-list-backup.list Reinstall, and do: dpkg --set-selections < package-list-backup.list I have included modified.sh if anyone is interested. Best regards Olle -- Olle Eriksson mail@olle-eriksson.com | http://www.olle-eriksson.com
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