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CVS Rob Caldecott15-Jun-03 21:44 Rob Caldecott 15-Jun-03 21:44  All my important (work) data is on a Unix based CVS server which is backed up nightly with copies of the tapes being stored off-site. I have one current project which has yet to be added to the Unix repository (I use a local CVS repository) which I FTP to a backup folder on our Unix box when I am in the office. Ditto for my email messages (I have mailboxes going back to 1997 for some reason). Hence, if my laptop goes titsup.com then I might lose a few hours work at most. Thnaks to the joys of ADSL/VPN, even when at home I make sure I copy my local CVS store to a central server just in case my laptop gets dropped/stolen. I would spend more time re-installing my local apps (Visual Studio, etc.) then I would recovering lost code. My biggest worry would be losing all my MP3s! I am considering investing in a portable backup drive for this reason (my boss wouldn't be too pleased if I uploaded 10GB of MP3s onto one of our central servers!). When I am king, you will be first against the wall. Re: CVS Giles16-Jun-03 10:36 Giles 16-Jun-03 10:36  As an asside, what VPN software do you use? "Je pense, donc je mange." - Rene Descartes 1689 - Just before his mother put his tea on the table. Shameless Plug - Distributed Database Transactions in .NET using COM+ Re: CVS Rob Caldecott17-Jun-03 2:54 Rob Caldecott 17-Jun-03 2:54  The client software is the Cisco Systems VPN Client. Seems to work a treat (I have one of those code-generator key fobs which I use via a PIN to obtain the password). When I am king, you will be first against the wall. Re: CVS Tim Lesher17-Jun-03 2:49 Tim Lesher 17-Jun-03 2:49  Indeed... CVS is Just Done Right. No odd database dependencies, no weird formats, zero data corruption. Want to back up the repository? tar/gzip (or winzip, depending on your platform). Tim Lesher <tim@lesher.ws> www.lesher.ws WinDev: the Windows Developers' Mailing List Re: CVS Matt Newman17-Jun-03 7:26 Matt Newman 17-Jun-03 7:26  Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: my boss wouldn't be too pleased if I uploaded 10GB of MP3s onto one of our central servers!). I can't imagine why Matt Newman Post best viewed with lynx It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! Shog915-Jun-03 20:09 Shog9 15-Jun-03 20:09  My data's lost? AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! Oddly enough, this happened to me recently, after i accidentally left out a check for an empty path in a recursive delete routine. Those lost were small among the ranks of files, but will be missed just the same. Shog9 drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds... Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! SimonS15-Jun-03 20:59 SimonS 15-Jun-03 20:59  There we go. It's proven once again. Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together. Cheers, Simon "I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers. animation mechanics in SVG       (my first abstract photo)  Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! Maximilian Hänel16-Jun-03 8:31 Maximilian Hänel 16-Jun-03 8:31  SimonS wrote: Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together. ROFLMAO! It's in my sig now "Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together" SimonS, CPian Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! SimonS16-Jun-03 8:35 SimonS 16-Jun-03 8:35  And you weren't kidding! Sweet! SimonS, CPian <--- I should use that as my email name too. Much better than SimonS, MBE or SimonS, Esq. Cheers, Simon "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead.", Jackie Chan on career choices. animation mechanics in SVG (my first abstract photo) Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! Maximilian Hänel16-Jun-03 8:42 Maximilian Hänel 16-Jun-03 8:42  SimonS wrote: And you weren't kidding! SimonS wrote: SimonS, CPian <--- I should use that as my email name too. Well, that's why I used this name in the sig. So I don't need to change it again cu Max "Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together" SimonS, CPian Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! Fuse15-Jun-03 23:12 Fuse 15-Jun-03 23:12  One of my most useful, and most dangerous, utilities is aptly named Nuke. Some years ago I added a check so it will no longer operate from the root of a drive. We learn from our mistakes. Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! Richard Jones16-Jun-03 9:26 Richard Jones 16-Jun-03 9:26  My first experience with Nuke was 1 week into this job, when I wiped out the C: drive. Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! geo_m16-Jun-03 22:24 geo_m 16-Jun-03 22:24  Friend of mine downloaded some file manager having some features like the famous Norton Commander, but was done in Delphi and for Windows(about 10 years ago). As you probably know, there are two hardwired files in FAT directory structure . (this directory) and .. (move to parent directory) When he tried to delete some directory, The Bug appears - the file manager deleted (in recursion of course) also the .. file. What were the results, you can imagine easily I guess. Two years after that incident he met the author of the file manager...

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