Zaloha has been superseded by Zaloha2.sh.
- Zaloha2.sh contains new features (the Remote Modes) and other improvements of design, program code and documentation.
- For new deployments, go straight to Zaloha2.sh.
- For migrations, check the table below if adaptations of your wrapper scripts are necessary.
Some design changes break backward compatibility with the original (now obsolete) Zaloha.sh. For this reason, Zaloha2.sh lives in a new repository.
| Zaloha.sh | Zaloha2.sh |
|---|---|
| New option --sourceUserHost to activate the Remote Source Mode via SSH/SCP | |
| New option --backupUserHost to activate the Remote Backup Mode via SSH/SCP | |
| New option --sshOptions to pass additional command-line options to SSH in the remote modes | |
| New option --scpOptions to pass additional command-line options to SCP in the remote modes | |
| New option --findParallel to run the local and remote FIND scans in parallel in the remote modes | |
| Option --metaDir | In Remote Backup Mode: allows to place the Zaloha metadata directory on the remote backup host to a different location than the default. |
| New option --metaDirTemp: In the remote modes, Zaloha2 needs a temporary Metadata directory too. This option allows to place it to a different location than the default. | |
| Shellscript 610 | In Remote Backup Mode: executed on the remote side |
| Shellscript 620 | Split to 621 (pre-copy), 622 (copy), 623 (post-copy). In Remote Backup Mode: 621 and 623 are executed on the remote side. In both remote modes, 622 contains SCP commands instead of CP commands. |
| Shellscript 630 | Split to 631 (pre-copy), 632 (copy), 633 (post-copy). In Remote Source Mode: 631 and 633 are executed on the remote side. In both remote modes, 632 contains SCP commands instead of CP commands. |
| Shellscript 640 | In Remote Backup Mode: executed on the remote side |
| Shellscript 650 | Split to 651 (pre-copy), 652 (copy), 653 (post-copy). In Remote Backup Mode: 651 and 653 are executed on the remote side. In both remote modes, 652 contains SCP commands instead of CP commands. |
| Restore script 810 | In the remote modes: contains SCP commands instead of CP commands |
| Restore script 870 | Commands to preserve times of files have been moved from script 810 to script 870 |
| New option --sha256 for comparing the contents of files via SHA-256 hashes | |
| CSV data model of 16 columns | Extended to 17 columns to accommodate the SHA-256 hashes in new separate column 13 (original columns 13+14+15+16 shifted to 14+15+16+17) |
| New check for falsely detected hardlinks: SHA-256 hash differs | |
| Option --hLinks | Renamed to --detectHLinksS (more descriptive option name) |
| Option --touch | Renamed to --extraTouch (more descriptive option name) |
| Option --noExec1Hdr | Renamed to --no610Hdr |
| Option --noExec2Hdr | Replaced by finer-grained options --no621Hdr, --no622Hdr and --no623Hdr |
| Option --noExec3Hdr | Replaced by finer-grained options --no631Hdr, --no632Hdr and --no633Hdr |
| Option --noExec4Hdr | Renamed to --no640Hdr |
| Option --noExec5Hdr | Replaced by finer-grained options --no651Hdr, --no652Hdr and --no653Hdr |
| Ability to process all symbolic links (even those with target paths that contain three or more consective slashes). The implied change is additional escaping of slashes by ///s in column 16 for symbolic links. | |
| New Sanity Check for column 6 not alphanumeric | |
| More stringent directories hierarchy check | |
| More tolerant check of modification times of files (zero or even negative modification times are possible) | |
| More tolerant check of target paths of symbolic links (empty target paths are possible on some OSes) | |
| Minor code improvements and optimizations + improved documentation | |
| Code size 76 kB | Code size 112 kB |
| Docu size 78 kB | Docu size 97 kB |
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