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I fought the urge to want a GUI for Tarsnap and hand-wrote cronjob scripts that I'm very happy with now. It was part of the fun. Definitely non-ideal for everyo

I fought the urge to want a GUI for Tarsnap and hand-wrote cronjob scripts that I'm very happy with now. It was part of the fun. Definitely non-ideal for everyone but I recommend it to any hackers to attempt the same. One thing I learned as a result is becoming intimately with the unix/linux folder structure and being able to backup an entire OS deployment, reinstall the OS and just pull an old backup to recreate most of the important configs. There might be a reason why there are a lack of good scripts, even on Github.

sbarre 12y ago
Any interest in sharing some of your setup?
atmosx 12y ago
Most tarsnap wrappers do not add any special functionality. You can find hundred of tarsnap cron scripts or bash wrappers, or python wrappers... But truth is that they don't add nothing special. Most people using tarsnap can roll their own personalized solution easily if they require anything more than the binary offers.