acts v1.4.2

acts v1.4.2, released 2021-02-02

Fixes

In some scenarios, backup pruning may hang

Changes

You can specify your own function to call tarsnap (see acts.conf)

Bugs:

Pfft, bugs.

acts v1.4.1

acts v1.4.1, released 2019-08-25

Breaking Changes:

• It is possible that archive names were created inconsistently (with extra /’s in them), depending on /bin/sh behaviour, but we are not aware of that actually occuring. Archive names are now created consistently.

Fixes:

• When creating monthly/daily backups, certain tarsnap arguments were ignored (#39)
• Some tarsnap calls were wrapped to prevent extraneous noise in output

Changes:

• Archive names are now consistent in output text strings (#36)
• postbackupscript is passed all created backups as arguments
• A formal LICENSE was added (#40)

Bugs:

• Bugs? Where we’re going, we don’t need bugs. 🎬

acts v1.4.0

acts 1.4.0, released 2019-06-23

Breaking Changes:

• acts.conf will not be automatically picked up from $PWD. If you relied on this behaviour, you can run acts -c ./acts.conf
• On new installations, the default acts.conf must be edited before running acts

New Features:

• The path to acts.conf can be specified with -c /path/to/acts.conf (#27)
• The number of retained daily, monthly, and yearly archives can be set in acts.conf (#31)

Changes:

• Backup levels for new archive targets are created immediately (#28) (Thanks @shortchanged13!)
• Monthly/yearly backups are always present. If they don't exist, they are copied from the latest daily archive (#29, #35)
• It is easier to back up only '/' (though that is discouraged) (#32)

Bugs:

• None, acts is perfect 👌

acts v1.4b2

acts 1.4b2, released 2019-06-15

This is a beta release for acts 1.4.

Changes

• Fixed typo in debug string (#25)
• The path to the acts.conf configuration file can be specified with -c /path/to/acts.conf. $PWD is no longer searched for acts.conf (#27)
• Monthly and yearly backups are always created (#29)
• The number of backups at each level is configurable (#31)
• Backups of / get better archive titles (#32)

Bugs

• It is possible that, for extremely large archives, it is more efficient simply to back them up than to copy their metadata (#35). Feedback is eagerly accepted!
• Other than that, acts is perfect 👌

acts 1.4b1

acts 1.4b1, released 2019-02-13

This is a beta release for acts 1.4.

Changes

• Backup type selection (daily, monthly, yearly) and rotation is determined on a per-backup path basis. Now, adding a new path will start with a yearly backup immediately
  • Since yearly and monthly backups are calendar-based, the new backup path will fall into sync with everything else by the first of the following month
  • Thanks to Scott for the contribution

Bugs

• None, acts is perfect 👌

acts v1.3

acts 1.3, released 2018-10-09

Full changelog from 1.2:

Changes

• Logging updates:
  • Per-backup-target timing information is logged (to help identify which backup target is making your run take six hours)
  • Change log output to logfmt-style. eg:
    Old: "Backing up /usr..."
    New: "backup-start type=daily dir=/usr name=ajdesktop-daily-2018-10-09_12:01-usr"

New Features

• New option. Set uselocaltime=1 to use timestamps in the system's local timezone rather than UTC
• New commandline parameter. -h/--help

Bugs

None, acts is perfect 👌

acts 1.3b3

acts 1.3b3, released 2017-05-08.

This is a beta release for acts 1.3.

Changes

• None

Bugs

• Correct handling for uselocaltime=1 config option.
• None, acts is perfect 👌

acts 1.3b2

acts 1.3b2, released 2016-11-29.

This is a beta release for acts 1.3.

Changes

• New option. Set uselocaltime=1 to use timestamps in the system's local timezone rather than UTC
• New commandline parameter. -h/--help

Bugs

None, acts is perfect 👌

acts 1.3b1

acts 1.3b1, released 2015-12-29.

This is a beta release for acts 1.3.

Logging:

• Log per-backup-target timing
• Change log output to logfmt-style. eg:

Old: "Backing up /usr..."
New: "backup-start type=daily dir=/usr name=ajdesktop-daily-2015-12-29_12:01-usr"

This should be significantly easier to parse with ELK, Splunk, etc.

Miscellaneous:

• Discourage loading of ./acts.conf (it is intended for dev/testing only)

Packaging:

• Include deb Makefile
• Include OpenBSD ports data

Bugs:

• None, acts is perfect 👌

acts 1.2

acts 1.2, released 2015-09-22.

Contribs:

• Created contribs/ directory
• Added existing tarsnap-pre.sh and tarsnap-post.sh files
• Added systemd service & timer unit files (thanks @rosspf)

Packaging changes:

• acts.conf was renamed acts.conf.sample

Bugs:

• None, acts is perfect 👌