On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:51 AM, ghislain <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I just released a new small backup-application (which is not in the QtMoko > feeds yet). This little application creates a qtbackup.tgz on the sdcard. > The application itself can only create backups, not restore. I've added the > restore function to the QtMoko installer-kernel, this kernel checks, after > flashing the rootfs, if the qtbackup.tgz file is available and if it is it > extracts this file in the root of the freshly flashed rootfs. As you can > guess, the main purpose of this little app is te keep settings, > applications, contacts etc over new versions. > > The program I wrote just calls a shell-script wich contains the follwing > command: > cat qtbackup.conf | xargs tar zcf /media/card/qtbackup.tgz > /dev/null 2>&1 > > The file qtbackup.conf currently has the following lines in it: > /home/root > /var/lib/bluetooth > /usr/share/navit/navit.xml > /root/.gconf > > You can already try this app if you add a new feed with the following url: > http://www.openmobile.nl/media/qtmoko > I already created an installer-version with the restore function: > http://www.openmobile.nl/pages/downloads.php#qtm14b QtMoko V14B > > Can someony please tell me how to get this app in the QtMoko feeds? (Radek?) > And of course I would like to upload the source to some git, qtmoko-apps on > github? (Sektor?) >
I was just about to write something like this (though not nearly as generic) for myself. What a pleasant Wednesday morning surprise... Thanks! -Andy > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/QtMoko-QtBackup-tp3819776p3819776.html > Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
