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# bakonf

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**NOTE**: This repository is archived, as there's no need for such a tool
anymore, given how many proper backup solutions exist nowadays.

_bakonf_ is a small script designed to make minimal backups of the
*configuration* files of a GNU/Linux or Unix-like system. Its aim is
to use various methods to reduce the size of the backup to a
reasonable minimum, in order to be useful for remote/unattended
servers, while still backing up enough to recreate the system (with
effort) in a blank state. The actual user data backup/restore is a
separate matter, which bakonf doesn't deal with.

The contents of the archives created contain enough information so
that the system admininistrator can restore the system to a working,
but blank state.  Beside the actual information from the file system,
it can store output of arbitrary commands, for example:

- list of installed packages
- partition table
- various /proc information
- pci & usb device list

Requirements:

- Python 3.6+ (for Python 2.7, use version 0.6)
- PyYaml
- bsdd3

For more information, see the user manual in the doc directory, or
read the documentation [online](https://bakonf.readthedocs.io/).

Iustin Pop, <[email protected]>.