[clug] tool to diff postfix configurations

[jm]

Off the top of my head. postconf will give you the current config adding 
a -c <dir> will change the directory it looks. How about


postconf  > config1
# changes made
postconf > newconfig

diff config1 newconfig


possibly detecting the changes through a cron job be better then feeding 
the output of postconf in a revision control system would be better.

If you find a better way of doing this please post as I face similar 
problems.

see also thread on this mailing list with the subject "version control 
for config files"

Jeff.




Michael James wrote:
> Anyone know a diff-like tool that understands the syntax
>  of the various standard configuration files (especially postfix)?
>
> Something that ignores comments, whitespace, continuation lines,
>  order, default (un-stated) settings, etc** ?
>
> Something that answers the question,
>  "Show me the functional differences between these configurations?"
>
> TIA,
> michaelj
>
>
> ** for fairly involved values of etc.
>
>