#205 Issue closed: star missing¶

Labels: enhancement, needs sponsorship

frerichs opened issue at 2013-02-27 10:12:¶

It would be nice if the tar compatible program "star" could be added.

> /usr/share/rear/backup/NETFS/default/50_make_backup.sh
...
case "$(basename ${BACKUP_PROG})" in
        # tar compatible programs here
...
        (star)
                set_star_features
                Log $BACKUP_PROG $STAR_OPTIONS -block-number -vv \
                        $BACKUP_PROG_OPTIONS \
                        ${BACKUP_PROG_BLOCKS:+-b $BACKUP_PROG_BLOCKS} $BACKUP_PROG_COMPRESS_OPTIONS \
                        -X $TMP_DIR/backup-exclude.txt -C / -c -f "$backuparchive" \
                        $(cat $TMP_DIR/backup-include.txt) $LOGFILE
                $BACKUP_PROG $STAR_OPTIONS -block-number -vv \
                        $BACKUP_PROG_OPTIONS \
                        ${BACKUP_PROG_BLOCKS:+-b $BACKUP_PROG_BLOCKS} $BACKUP_PROG_COMPRESS_OPTIONS \
                        -X $TMP_DIR/backup-exclude.txt -C / -c -f "$backuparchive" \
                        $(cat $TMP_DIR/backup-include.txt) $LOGFILE
        ;;
...
#\ while the backup runs in a sub-process, display some progress information to the user
case "$(basename ${BACKUP_PROG})" in
        (tar|star)
...

> /usr/share/rear/restore/NETFS/default/40_restore_backup.sh
...
case "$BACKUP_PROG" in
        # tar compatible programs here
        (star)
                if [ -s $TMP_DIR/restore-exclude-list.txt ] ; then
                        BACKUP_PROG_OPTIONS="$BACKUP_PROG_OPTIONS --exclude-from=$TMP_DIR/restore-exclude-list.txt "
                fi
                Log $BACKUP_PROG --block-number --totals --verbose $BACKUP_PROG_OPTIONS $BACKUP_PROG_COMPRESS_OPTIONS \
                        -C /mnt/local/ -x -acl -f "$backuparchive"
                $BACKUP_PROG --block-number --totals --verbose $BACKUP_PROG_OPTIONS $BACKUP_PROG_COMPRESS_OPTIONS \
                        -C /mnt/local/ -x -acl -f "$backuparchive"
        ;;
...
#\ while the backup runs in a sub-process, display some progress information to the user
case "$BACKUP_PROG" in
        tar|star)
...

gdha commented at 2013-02-27 11:34:¶

are you using the latest github version? As with tar we also have now encryption/decryption possibilities.
Would be nice to see a pull request instead. Makes our life much easier ;-)
Thanks for the suggestion. Is star still used a lot out there??

gdha commented at 2013-12-03 12:13:¶

will not get implemented by maintainers - however, we do accept pull requests or sponsorship

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