Re: RCS and Emacs, between machines.

[Lee Sau Dan]

>>>>> "Phillip" == Phillip Lord <p.lord@russet.org.uk> writes:

    Alan> If you're using a Unix-like OS, it just means editing
    Alan> /etc/passwd to change the name while leaving the user id the
    Alan> same.  You can even leave the home directory under the old
    Alan> name.

    Phillip> I hadn't thought of that as it happens. I was thinking of
    Phillip> doing lots of chowns every where, and also remapping
    Phillip> symlinks. 

Wouldn't  the 'find'  command,  in conjunction  with  its '-user'  and
'-exec' switches, be very helpful here?


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