Config File Project

[aidanbh]

Goals: Make quickback Extensible, Versatile, and Configurable

Basic feature roadmap:

• All command line options will still be fully supported, nothing will be "configfile only"
• The master config file, shipped by default, will be located at /etc/quick-back.conf. This file shouldn't need to be edited by the user, but if it is, a .pacnew of distro-equivalent will be created by the PM on updates.
• Additional config files should be looked for in the /etc/quick-back.d/ and read according to the number at the start of the file name, a la systemd
• Finally, a config file named quick-back.conf may be placed in the root directory of the source filesystem/directory, a commandline option must be added to prevent security vulnerabilities if, say a root user (which we currently require) backed up home directories and a malicious user added a quickback.conf which ran commands as root as part of a conditional_.
• As a overarching precedence, all commandline options have the final say. Additional config files should also be specifiable on the cmdline. The -nd, --nodefaults option should be rethought to make sense in this context.
• No more defaults will be hardcoded into the program, except sanity checks. The behavior of the application beyond simple rsync execution will be specified in the default quick-back.conf file.

File format:

• A standardized format (e. XML, YAML, Windows INI-style, etc. will be selected.
• At a minimum, control directives shall be programmed such that it is possible to declare sections of a file applicable only to certain destinations, matched by regex. Controls shall also be available so that a custom command can be run, using variables such as $source, $dest, $runninguser, ... to make the script extensible as well as configurable.

Branch: all development will be done in the configfile branch of the main repo.
Milestone: v2.0

[PenguinSnail]

We should probably use YAML for the config file due to it being easier for people to read so it's easier for the end user to modify if necessary

[aidanbh]

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[PenguinSnail]

i have found these scripts and others have said they work
testing now
https://gist.github.com/pkuczynski/8665367