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14.5.4. Using CTM in your daily life

To apply the deltas, simply say

          cd /where/ever/you/want/the/stuff
          ctm -v -v /where/you/store/your/deltas/src-cur.*
        
CTM understands deltas which have been put through gzip, so you don't need to gunzip them first, this saves diskspace.

Unless it feels very secure about the entire process, CTM will not touch your tree. To verify a delta you can also use the ``-c'' flag and CTM won't actually touch your tree; it will merely verify the integrity of the delta and see if it would apply cleanly to your current tree.

There are other options to CTM as well, look in the sources for more details.

I would also be very happy if somebody could help with the ``user interface'' portions, as I have realized that I can't make up my mind on what options should do what, how and when...

That's really all there is to it. Everytime you get a new delta, just run it through CTM to keep your sources up to date.

Don't remove the deltas if they are hard to download again. You just might want to keep them around in case something bad happens. Even if you only have floppy disks, consider using fdwrite to make a copy.


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