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@koxkox koxkox commented Dec 26, 2016

  • created script timestamp.sh to timestamp output in log file
  • created script uncolor.sh to remove color codes in output
  • added root user check
  • added export PATH for cron
  • corrected samba service name
  • added function for truncating unallocated space
  • replaced logging by cron
  • removed unnecessary sudo commands
  • added ".img.gz" file extension to find command to remove in case of
    error
  • some minor changes

- created script timestamp.sh to timestamp output in log file
- created script uncolor.sh to remove color codes in output
- added root user check
- added export PATH for cron
- corrected samba service name
- added function for truncating unallocated space
- replaced logging by cron
- removed unnecessary sudo commands
- added ".img.gz" file extension to find command to remove in case of
error
- some minor changes
- truncate command replaced with dd command's count parameter
- accepts command line arguments: -s|--subdir; -c|--compress;
-t|--truncate; -m|--mountpoint; -p|--postprocess; -r|--retperiod;
-g|--gui
- added GUI using dialog
- created dynamic backup command builder function
- fixed checking of installed packages, where missing dialog package
wasn't handled
- minor changes
- added dialogs to enter mount point, backup directory and retention
period
- added postprocess option to options dialog
- added option to disable retention period feature, when it's value is
-1
- minor fixes and improvements
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