Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncoast.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cwruecmp!atvax!ncoast!bsa From: bsa@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Multiple file versions -- FLAME off!! Message-ID: <378@ncoast.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 19:14:10 EDT Article-I.D.: ncoast.378 Posted: Mon Oct 1 19:14:10 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 05:44:19 EDT References: <2163@mit-hermes.ARPA> <> Reply-To: bsa@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) Organization: North Coast XENIX, Cleveland Lines: 18 Summary: What about accidental deletions? > Article <> > From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) > I still have the 'backup' command, but it only creates ONE backup, > and I have to initiate it. (To guard against serious fumbles while > in 'vi'.) ... What more do you need? What more?... well, what about your nice, new, fancy report generator which you compiled with `cc reportgenerator.c functions.o' and then tried to get rid of the extra -o file -- and typed `rm reportgenerator.c' instead of the correct file? I have aliased rm to rm -i now that it's too late (yes, I did that!), but it isn't always enough. I have a front-end to vi which backs up all files edited, overwriting an old backup. The only problem I had with it was that I was lazy, so 'vi +n file' no longer worked, a problem which could easily be fixed. And the backups have saved my hide quite a few times at work. THAT more do I need. --bsa