[rancid] Manual versionning

[Michel ERLICH]

<font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Hello Everyone,<br><br>Since Rancid doesn't support menu-based interface (3com, etc.), I wrote a "what would rancid do" bash script to download configuration files through menus anyways.<br><br>Is there any way to "import" theese configuration files into the CVS so i can view and download them from cvsweb like if they were coming from compatible devices ? I failed hard on it.<br><br>Thanks in advance.<br><br>Michel.<br></font> <br/>

[Michel ERLICH]

[Jethro R Binks]

On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, Michel ERLICH wrote:

> It's not the real purpose of my question, but I'd say menu driven 3com
> devices like
>
> -3Com SuperStack 3 Switch 4200-
>
> which display :
>
> Menu options: --------------3Com SuperStack 3 Switch 4200---------------
>  bridge             - Administer bridge-wide parameters
>  gettingStarted     - Basic device configuration
>  logout             - Logout of the Command Line Interface
>  physicalInterface  - Administer physical interfaces
>  protocol           - Administer protocols
>  security           - Administer security
>  system             - Administer system-level functions
>  trafficManagement  - Administer traffic management
>
> Type  ? for help
>
> Actually, I already backed up the configuration file, and I just want
> CVS to "treat" it like if it was coming from a Cisco switch, (look up if
> it is different from the previous version, display it on CvsWeb, etc.)  

wraprancid might be helpful:

http://sites.google.com/site/jrbinks/code/rancid/wraprancid

(note: while I modified Michael Stefaniuc's original wrancid, I don't
actually use wraprancid day to day :).

Jethro.

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