Am 03. Feb, 2004 schw=E4tzte tickticker so:
> I have a text file that I would like to update fairly regularly, let's ca=
ll it
> Update. Every time I update it, I make a copy of it in the form of
> Update_<today's-date>
> so that I have a historical record of what shape the file was in every ti=
me I
> updated it.
OK, now that you know how to do this in shell, I'll suggest a completely
different mechanism :). See my "guide to RCS".
https://www.LuftHans.com/unix/
That way the changes don't litter the filesystem.
ciao,
der.hans
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