[rancid] Re: Is there any way to show uncommitted changes

[john heasley]

Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 02:49:05PM -0400, David Krider:
> I had hacked up my own version of Rancid without even knowing it (with
> expect, but no RCS). My version backed up both the `show config' and
> `show running' commands, and then did a diff between them, and sent any
> result in email for review. It was intended to show uncommitted changes
> to the gear. My boss sent me a link to Rancid, and I've just gotten it
> running and backing up several switches and a couple routers. Is there
> any way to get it to show me the difference between the running and
> permanent configs? I get the feeling there is, but I can't find it.

no; write a script that takes router.db and uses *login -c 'command' to
save the config at some regular interval, such as daily.