v(sav|cat|...)
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 24 May 2025
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NAME
vsav - versioned file save
vcat - cat saved file version
vdiff - diff to saved file version
vgrep - grep pattern in saved file version
vlist - list all saved file versions
vls - list last saved file versions
vmore - more saved file version
vpurge - purge saved file versions
vrestore - restore saved file version
SYNOPSIS
edrc/bin/v(sav|cat|more|diff|grep|list|ls|purge|restore)
[
-h
]
vsav
file...
v(list|ls)
file
v(cat|more|diff|purge|restore)
file
[
version
]
vgrep
pattern
file
[
version
]
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
The
vsav,
vcat,
vmore,
vdiff,
vgrep,
vlist,
vls,
vpurge,
and
vrestore
commands enable to save, print, compare, grep, list, purge and restore
versions
of a given
file.
When saving a
file,
a new
version
is stored, if the most recent saved
file
is not identical to the current
file.
When restoring a
file,
automatically the
file
to be overwritten is saved.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage.
- file
-
file to be saved, printed, restored, compared, purged or listed.
- version
-
version of saved
file
to be restored, printed, purged or compared.
If no
version
is specified, the most recent saved
version
of the
file
is chosen.
- pattern
-
regular expression pattern.
ENVIRONMENT
- $VSAV_COMPRESS
-
Set to
False
if the saved file versions shall not be saved compressed.
When not set or set to
True
a saved file versions will be compressed using
gzip(1).
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- 1
-
error.
- 4
-
usage printed.
FILES
- edrc/var/vsav/files/
-
location where the saved
versions
of the
files
are stored.
- edrc/var/vsav/files/<md5sum(/path/file)>-<version>[.gz]
-
saved
version
of
file.
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1),
gzip(1),
sav(1),
vvi(1)
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
vsav, vcat, vmore, vlist, vls, vrestore, vpurge, vgrep and
vdiff was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2022
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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Time: 15:02:06 GMT, May 24, 2025