[csw-users] Configuration files .CSW extension

[Mark Creamer]

Yes thanks Peter. Much appreciated.
Mark

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Peter Bonivart <bonivart at opencsw.org>wrote:

>  On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Mark Creamer <whitetr6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry for the total noob question but I haven't been able to find this
> piece
> > of information in documentation pages. Some (or maybe all - I only know
> > about the few I've installed) of the packages install config files named
> for
> > example [filename].conf.CSW alongside of files without the .CSW, like
> > [filename].conf. What is the purpose of the .CSW version of these files.
> I
> > saw this first in Nagios when I installed it from OpenCSW, but when I
> need
> > to change something, I don't know which of the two files to edit.
>
> Look at it as a template, the default file. You do your changes in
> foo.conf and when you upgrade the package it will compare the two and
> if there's differences foo.conf will be left so when the new package
> is installed it will not be overwritten.
>
> During a new installation of a package they will be the same,
> foo.conf.CSW is copied to foo.conf.
>
> In short, edit the ones without .CSW. :)
>
> I hope that explains things.
>
> /peter
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Mark
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