Disk ARchive is a shell command that backs up directory trees and files. Dar saves *all* UNIX inode types, hard links, as well as Extended Attributes.
Disk ARchive has been tested under Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, Windows, Solaris, and several other systems, it is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Since version 2.0.0 an Application Interface (API) is available, opening the way for external/independent Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) like kdar.
This API relies on the libdar library, which is the core part of DAR programs; as such, the API is released under the GPL. Consequently, to use the API, your program must be released under the GPL as well.
Here are some key features of "Disk ARchive":
· archive merging (with overwriting) (now implemented)
· hard link support for symlink, pipes, char and block devices (now implemented)
· full encryption with dar_manager
· some more encryption cypher
· some more compression algo (lzo now implemented)
· UID/GID support for more than 16 bits (now implemented)
· more features to be defined...
Requirements:
· C++ compiler (tested done with gcc-3, but other version and compiler should work)
· make (tested with gnu make)
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· added patch by Jan-Pascal van Best to have -[ and -] options working with archive merging
· fixed bug in displaying dates [SF 2922417]
· enhanced pseudo-random number generation used in dar
· added an error message when an include/exclude file listing does not contains an invalid path (instead of a self reported bug message).
· modified message displayed when some slice of an old archive having the same name are present in the destination directory (backup, isolation, merging, dar_xform)
