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"Gerhard Fiedler" <lists at connectionbrazil.com> wrote in message news:1reakmkkkm6v3.dlg at connectionbrazil.com... > Glen Starrett wrote: > >> You might want to look at the substitution mode "s" as well. >> >> http://www.cvsnt.org/manual/html/Substitution-modes.html >> >>>> >> s >> >> File is never considered modified on the client. A normal commit >> will never commit this file, unless -f is used to force it. Use with >> care, and for files that change infrequently, since local changes will >> be lost on update. >> <<<< >> >> Not sure if that's what your or the OP is looking for, but it might be >> useful (e.g. just make the 'templates' have the same name as your config >> files and you're set to modify them as needed directly). >> >> That doesn't apply to the OP's update side though, I would guess the >> updates might be merged into the file if there's a new version of the >> 'template' released, but it's something to look at. > > Maybe adding the file as 'bs' (adding option b for binary to the option s) > helps. In this case, it won't get merged on update to a newer version, and > after the update, you have both your old version and the clean new version > available in the sandbox. See I go away for the weekend and all of you have a conversation without me <g>. I will expore the s, sb, and 1 options to see what I can get to work. I'm pretty certain I can fall back on Gabriel's script suggestion if nothing else seems appropriate. Thanks for the ideas, Rick