[j-nsp] How to insert "/*" comment in config from CLI ?

[Jared Mauch]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:19:32AM +0200, Dmitri Kalintsev wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 04:59:33PM +0200, Jesper Skriver wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 10:06:15AM -0400, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > > 
> > > 	Hello All ,  JunOS V5.5(don't know about earlier),  The config is
> > > 	quite capable of allowing the C/C++ comments , ie: /* ,  // .
> > > 	How does one insert/edit/... a "/*" wtyle comment from the CLI ?
> > 
> > annotate
> ---end quoted text---
> 
> ..or, as it was pointed out, like so:
> 
> run start shell
> su -
> vi /config/juniper.conf
> ^D
> ^D
> rollback
> commit
> 
> "annotate" is notoriously annoying when one needs to comment on many things
> at once, because it requires to descend into parent config level to comment
> on a child element.

	Obviously the above could be quite dangerous should
there be multiple people doing said commands or even
someone doing a interactive configuration change and the above.

	If comments are important in your configuration I would
suggest storing them on a central configuration server.  Possibly
the same one that you run rancid on.  You can easily create
a configuration file on your tftp/rcp/whatnot server and then
do a configure;load override;commit or even a 'load merge' of the
appropriate section of your configuraiton with the requisite
comments in it.  (assuming it's new and doesn't cause any
conflicts, etc..)

	- jared

	
ps: if you don't already, you should backup your configs w/ rancid
http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/


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