tarnation is a simple, extensible tar backup/restore utility.
tarnation will make a single tar backup of the directory specified. It does not recursively back up individual sub directories. It simply makes a snapshot backup of the directory specified. To put it in perspective, you should not backup /home/ if you have several directories inside /home/ that you want to back up with tar versions.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Uses tar for a simple, clear, compressed backup.
- Offers incremental backup using snar files.
- Easy folder structure. No need to go digging in unfamiliar directory names.
- Extremely simple restore process.
Website: github.com/kennyparsons/tarnation
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Developer: Kenny Parsons
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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|---|---|
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| patool | Portable archive file manager |
| tarlz | Massively parallel combined implementation of tar and lzip |
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| Simple Archiver | Fairly wide range of features |
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| Alternatives to tar | |
|---|---|
| TUI Archiver | List / manage archives |
| tarlz | Massively parallel combined implementation of tar and lzip |
| tarnation | Simple, extensible tar backup/restore utility |
| patool | Portable archive file manager that focuses on simplicity |
| zpaqfranz | Deduplicating archiver with encryption and paranoid-level tests |
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