What is BAR?

Features

• create, list, test, compare and extract archives of files and disk images

• can split archives into parts of selectable size; each part can be read independent

• full and incremental/differential backup archives

• compress of data with zlib, bzip2, lzma, or xdelta3 algorithms

• encryption with gcrypt algorithms (AES, TWOFISH etc.)

• asymmetric encryption with RSA

• fast access to entries in archives: can find and extract single files without decompressing/decryption of the whole archive

• store archives directly on external server via ftp, scp, or sftp

• with external tools: store archives on CD/DVD/BD including error correction codes

• support pre- and post-processing of files/CD/DVD/BD images (e. g. for including functions of dvdisaster)

• support storage on a generic device

• server-mode with control over plain and TLS network connection

• integrated scheduler to start backups daily or weekly

• internal database with information to all stored files and disk images for fast retrieval

• nice graphical front end (written in Java with SWT)

Requirements

• Unix system

• PTHREADs library (mandatory)

• zlib library (mandatory)

• bzip2 library (optional)

• lzma utils (optional)

• xdelta library from http://xdelta.org (optional)

• ssh2 library from http://www.libssh2.org (optional)

• gcrypt library from http://www.gnupg.org (optional)

• gnutls library from http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls (optional)

• ftplib from http://nbpfaus.net/~pfau/ftplib (optional)

• cdio library from www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/libcdio.html (optional)

• long long datatype (because of large files)

• perl (only for compiling)

• external tools for CD/DVD/BD: mkisofs, dvdisaster, cdrecord, growisofs, eject (optional)

• Java Runtime environment 1.6 or newer (optional; for graphical front end)

Screen shots (graphical front end)

Fig. 1: Status	Fig. 2: Files	Fig. 3: Images	Fig. 4: Filters
Fig. 5: Storage	Fig. 6: Scheduler	Fig. 7: Archive name editor	Fig. 8: Restore

http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bar

You can check-out the most recent version ("bleeding edge") with:

  svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/bar/trunk bar
      

Manual of latest version: bar.pdf

Binary packages:

Package with GUI binaries only (Linux, Windows, Solaris, MacOSX):

2013-05-05 0.17b
  * fixed parsing of storage specifier (ftp, scp/sftp,
    cd/dvd/bd): user name
  * fixed dialog text when password is requested
  * improved checking host name for ftp/scp/sftp login
  * fixed lost string resource

2013-01-26 0.17a
  * fixed writing CD/DVD/BD: do not write an empty last medium
  * improved database index
  * fixed parsing CD/DVD/BD/device specifier: last character was
    missing
  * fixed logging of skipped own files

2012-10-03 0.17
  * finally: added support for xdelta compression!
    Note: integrating this was really a _hard_ work.
  * added support for libcdio to read content of CD/DVD/BD
    devices/images without mounting
  * upgraded used libssh2 to version 1.4.2
  * use libssh2 send64() when available to be able to
    send large files, too
  * added check for file permission of config files. Should
    be 400 or 600.
  * improved error handling with public/private keys
  * fixed handling of error case when asymmetric encrypted
    archive cannot be read
  * print fragment info if file is incomplete on verbose
    level >= 2
  * fix header information in sources
  * improved logging for not stored files
  * support no-dump file attribute, add option
    --ignore-no-dump (see lsattr, chattr)
  * set default ssh keys to $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub,
    $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
  * fix string free bug in restore
  * fix file-seek bug in restore
  * BARControl: add warning when minor protocol version do
    not match
  * BARControl: ask for FTP/SSH password on restore if
    required
  * added internal debug code for list allocations
  * added hidden option --server-debug for automated test
    of server functions
  * improved valgrind tests
  * output percentage info if verbose level >= 2
  * output test/compare/restore info if verbose level >= 1
  * improved processing speed: implemented ring buffers
    for compress/decompress
  * fixed compare of images: only compare used blocks
  * fixed creating FAT images: in some cases one block was
    missing in the archive
  * improved tests: added more tests for images
  * stop support of Reiser 4: file system is not supported
    anymore by all Linux versions
  * if an encryption password is specified on the command
    line do not ask for another password if decryption fail
  * clean-up of BAR manual
  * improved console output with multiple threads: avoid
    mixing output of lines in interactive mode
  * renamed command line option --database-file -> --database-index
  * renamed command line option --no-auto-update-database-index
    -> --database-index-auto-update
  * renamed config option database-file -> index-database
  * renamed config option no-auto-update-database-index
    -> index-database-auto-update
    WARNING: modify your bar.cfg file!
  * added command line/config option --datbase-index-keep-time
  * set example for log-post-command to (removed quotes):
    sh -c 'cat %file|mail -s "Backup log" root'
  * fix parsing configuration files: strings must not be quoted
    explicitly
  * improved error output when log-post command cannot be executed:
    show last 5 lines of stderr
  * fixed usage of libcrypt: enabled multithread-support
  * set read-timeout for SSH connections to avoid possible infinite
    blocking in libssh2-code when remote side may close socket
    unexpected
  * BARControl: add ellipsis character to menus/buttons which
    require further user input
  * BARControl: added schedule copy menu entry/button
  * BARControl: show tool tip in tree view only when mouse is
    in the left side to avoid that tooltip is shown all the
    time
  * BARControl: add functions to clear stored passwords on
    server
  * BARControl: renamed option --index-add -> --index-database-add,
    renamed option --index-remove -> --index-database-move
  * BARControl: renamed config option pause-index-update ->
    pause-index-database-update
  * fixed possible crash in logfile post processor
  * BARControl: fix abort job. Set last executed time.
  * BARControl: fix parsing storage name when login name is not given
  * BARControl: fixed cloneing of schedule entries
  * BARControl: added path selector in include/exclude dialogs
  * BARControl: added confirmation dialog when include/exclude entry
    should be removed
  * BARControl: fixed schedule hour setting, show 00..23
  * BARControl: added function to delete storage files in context menu
    in restore tab
  * added configuration option index-database-max-band-width: limit the
    used band width for background index updates
  * improved band width limitation: specify either a value or name of an
    external file
  * fixed scheduler: do not start job immediately again when execution
    time was longer than time periode of scheduling
  * added optional time range to max-band-width,
    index-database-max-band-width options to support different limits
    depending on date/time
  * support external file for max-band-width,
    index-database-max-band-width options
  * fixed memory leak in server

2012-01-14 0.16g
  * fix restore: do not create empty parent directories
  * fix restoring archive entries without directory part
  * added verbose level 5, output ssh debug messages for
    level 4 and 5
  * fixed crash when archive on CD/DVD/BD/device should
    be listed/tested/extracted directly. Please mount
    a CD/DVD/BD/device and use the file operations instead.
    Next version of BAR will support reading CD/DVD/BD
    directly
  * fixed memory leaks

2011-09-10 0.16f
  * re-added option --volume-size, fixed setting CD/DVD/BD
    volume size
  * added check for Java version
  * improved error messages
  * do not print passwords which may be included in FTP
    specifier when creating/list/restore entries
  * barcontrol: ask for crypt password when restoring
    single archive entries
  * fixed URI parser: clear port number if not set
  * improved index database: do not set error state when
    connection to server cannot be opened
  * fixed memory leaks
  * back-ported file handle debug code
  * do not set index state to error if archive cannot be
    decrypted because of missing password
  * fix bug in ftplib: listing directory did not close
    temporary file

2011-07-31 0.16e
  * create sub-directories when storing to file system or
    ftp server
  * fix creating directories: to not set parent directory
    permissions if permissions are already set
  * barcontrol: do not close new job dialog on error
  * barcontrol: fixed setting crypt type radio buttons with
    default value
  * save job file immediately after creating a new one
  * fix lost error state when writing file to a server
  * improved FTP transmission, added patch to set timeout
    for receiving data in FTPLib
  * fixed possible inifite loop when executing external
    command, e. g. sending the log file via log-post-command
  * fixed error in pre-defined log-post-command in bar.cfg
  * fix losing failure error
  * create job files with read/write permission for owner only
  * do not print passwords to log/screen which may be included
    in FTP specifier
  * fixed missing delete temporary file on error in incremental
    mode
  * fixed adding index of FTP content to local archive database
  * fixed string parser: parse \x as x if outside of " or '
  * BARControl: fix Null-Pointer-Exception when server password
    is not set
  * improved FTP read: try to read all data when the network
    connection is bad
  * fix CD/DVD/BD write command: must be %directory, not %file
  * BARControl: add command to remove all archives with error
    state in tab restore
  * BARControl: fix possible null-pointe-exception on communication
    error
  * BARControl: improved usability. Use tagged+selected entries
    entires to remove/refresh  in tab restore.
  * add log type "index"
  * BARControl: fixed list of storage archives when removing an
    entry
  * BARControl: ask for crypt password when starting job with
    crypt password mode "ask"
  * BARControl: give visual feedback when entered passwords in
    password dialog are not equal
  * show date/time for directories entries in list, too
  * changed DVD write image command: removed sectors, added
    -dvd-compat
  * output stdout/stderr of external commands with verbose level 4
  * BARControl: added some warnings when selection of part size/
    medium size/error correction codes may not fit to create a
    CD/DVD/BD

2011-05-31 0.16d
  * barcontrol: fix parsing of ftp/scp/sftp archive names
  * fix parsing of ftp archive names
  * support for non-passive/passive ftp connections
  * fixed wrong free of resources when archive entry could
    not be read
  * fixed numbers for compress/crypt type: must be a real
    constant (self-assigned enum may change)

2011-04-17 0.16c
  * renamed macro %file -> %directory for cd/dvd/bd/device-commands
  * fixed typing error in code when FTP is not available
  * added options --file-write-pre|post-command,
    --ftp-write-pre|post-command, --scp-write-pre|post-command,
    --sftp-write-pre|post-command
  * added option --always-create-image
  * fixed creating CDs: use mkisofs+cdrecord
  * removed double linefeed for log entries
  * fixed log entries when creating database index: avoid
    creating huge log files
  * only write log file in daemon/server mode
  * add missing MacOSX JARs to distribution
  * renewed man page, improved manual

2011-04-10 0.16b
  * fix error handling when password is wrong
  * create jobs directory if it does not exists
  * enable creaeting index database by default
  * barcontrol: fix file name editor drag+drop
  * barcontrol: ask for password on restore
  * fix memory leak when reading archive directory entries
  * fixed deinit error when password is wrong
  * fixed reading file names which contain \ or LF/CR
  * barcontrol: fix discarding first character for archive target cd:, bd:
  * barcontrol: fixed file listing
  * fix error handling when calling external tool for CD/DVD/BD
  * barcontrol: add year two digits in archive file name editor, fixed
    century
  * barcontrol: fix enabling restore-button
  * improved documentation: added archive file name macros, add more
    entries to faq, small fixes

2010-12-30 0.16a
  * fix wrong storage name in database
  * barcontrol: fix start/abort button enable/disable for
    incremental/differential/dry-run jobs
  * barcontrol: fix tab restore storage filter: edit+reset
  * clean-up

2010-12-17 0.16
  * do not store content of directories and sub-directories
    when file .nobackup or .NOBACKUP exists
  * add option --ignore-no-backup-file
  * support hard links: add new chunk types HLN0, HENT, HNAM,
    HDAT
  * rewrite chunk code: add init and done, moved clean-up
    code down to chunk code, improve error handling
  * fix wrong data parsing in index database for directories,
    links, special files
  * improved error handling
  * fix typing errors in error messages
  * improved tests
  * added -o as shortcut for --overwrite-archive-files
  * added option --dry-run: do all operations, but do not
    compress, encrypt and store files, do not write incremental
    data lists, do not write on CD/DVD/BD/devices
  * fixed --no-storage: incremental data list was not written
  * fixed possible deadlock in server when archive files cannot
    be transmitted to a remote server and local harddisk becomes
    full
  * added option --compress-exclude to disable compression for
    files, images and hard links which match to the specified
    pattern
  * barcontrol: added exclude list in storage tab under compress
  * fixed memory leak
  * support building Debian/Ubuntu packages with SuSE build
    service!
  * fix install: add bar-keygen
  * added option --differential: differential storage. Like
    --incremental, but incremental data is not updated
  * fixed creating parent directories when restoring files:
    use default file mask to create parent directories
  * fix restoring splitted files which are read only
  * fixed typing error in bar.cfg entry "schedule": must be Apr,
    not Arp. Note: please fix this in your jobs files in /etc/bar/jobs,
    too, when you created a job which should be scheduled in April!
  * fixed SigSegV with option -g: internal sorting of list was wrong

2010-12-05 0.15f
  * fix SigSegV in string.c:formatString() which can occur on
    amd64 systems

2010-12-02 0.15e
  * barcontrol: fix exception when running barcontrol under
    Windows and connecting to a Linux server (file separator
    is different on Windows and Linux; this is a temporary fix
    which will be improved in version 0.16)
  * barcontrol: made columns size, modified, state in restore
    tab, storage list resizable, too
  * fixed wrong bar binary path in SuSE, Redhat, Mandrake, Fedora
    start scripts
  * fixed wrong bar config path in SuSE, Redhat, Mandrake, Fedora
    start scripts
  * barcontrol: fixed some table column widths (automatic setting
    seems to be different on Windows)
  * barcontrol: fix arguments in start script barcontrol.bat

2010-11-29 0.15d
  * fix SigSegV when deleting a storage archive from
    the database via BARControl

2010-11-18 0.15c
  * fixes for MacOSX:
     - fix SWT start thread problem
     - use "java" without any path
     - fix out-dated JAR archives
  * added missing documentation images to distribution
  * fix creation of barcontrol/barcontrol*.jar
  * fix error message when archive file already exists

2010-11-17 0.15b
  * barcontrol: fix sorting of columns
  * barcontrol: fix not working context menu "exclude", "none" in
    status tab, files list, removed debug code
  * fix archive file name for CD/DVD/BD
  * barcontrol: fix sorting of columns in jobs tab file/device tree
  * barcontrol: fix calculating directory size (context menu in
    file list in jobs tab)
  * fixed parsing of storage specification for cd/dvd/bd

2010-10-26 0.15a
  * fix compilation problems with LONG_LONG_MAX
  * fix typecast in strings.c for 64bit systems
  * fix man create install path
  * support build service (thanks to lalalu42)
  * add make variale DIST, SYSTEM to install
  * update download-script: gnutls 2.10.2
  * fix typing error in strings debug code
  * use getpwnam_r and getgrnam_r to avoid multi-threaded problems
  * fixed wrong locking code in semaphore read-lock
  * fixed possible infinite blocking in index update (ssh read)
  * fixed memory leak in index thread
  * fixed test for large file support on 64bit systems
  * fixed ssh-communication problem ("bad record mac" in barcontrol),
    improved error messages
  * added different BAR daemon start scripts, fixed start script
  * enable dynamic linkage of system internal libraries
  * clean-up Makefile file

2010-10-13 0.15
  * added command line option --job to execute a job from a job
    file with BAR
  * clean-up BAR command line options:
     - replaced -a|--crypt-asymmetric -> --crypt-type=
     - added opton --normal to select normal archive type
       (required to overwrite setting in job file)
     - fixed ordering of options in help
  * added support for CD and BD (options --cd-.../--bd-... and configuration
    entries cd-.../bd-...)
  * clean-up barcontrol command line options:
    renamed --job-mode -> --archive-type
  * fixed name of option --dvd-write-image-command
  * barcontrol: fix option --key-file
  * renamed command line option --no-bar-on-dvd -> --no-bar-on-medium and
    configuration file entry no-bar-on-dvd -> no-bar-on-medium
  * set key valid time to 365 days when created with openssl
  * barcontrol: added tool tips help
  * barcontrol: complete redesign of restore tab
     - added database of stored files to BAR (sqlite based)
     - search for created archives in database
     - search for stored files in archives in database
     - restore archives or single files
     - automatic indexing of already created archives which are stored
       in file system or on an external server
     Note: to use this new feature, you must add the database-*
           configuration options in bar.cfg!
  * temporary base directory is now named bar-XXXXXX
  * barcontrol: improved pause-function: settings for create, storage,
    restore and update index. See menu in barcontrol. By default create
    and restored are paused only
  * barcontrol: add destination types "cd" and "bd", add different images
    sizes for cd/bd
  * barcontrol: clean-up layout, rearranged some buttons
  * barcontrol: updated to SWT 3.6.1
  * create package bar-gui-*.zip with compiled GUI only
  * documentation: renewed screen shots, added documentation of
    new options, fixed documentation of some options, clean-up
  * updated man-page

2010-07-28 0.14
  * added command line control functions to barcontrol:
    --list, --job, --job-mode, --abort, --ping, --pause,
    --suspend, --continue
  * improved barcontrol command line parser
  * barcontrol: added file selector buttons for ssh keys, device name
  * fixed barcontrol restore tab: listing path names
  * fix C string parser: %s and %S can be empty strings
  * barcontrol: fixed abort in restore dialog, some clean-up. Note:
    The restore tab will be improved in some of the next releases.
  * barcontrol: fixed parsing of archive part size (job was ignored
    when number was bigger than 32bit; now 63bit are allowed)
  * fixed display of archive/device sizes: units are G,M,K
  * add warning when no BAR server password given
  * BAR server: added support to list image entries
  * updated manual
  * clean-up

2010-07-24 0.13d
  * fix wrong installation path "/man/man7" man pages: now
    /usr/share/man/man7

2010-06-11 0.13c
  * fix bar-keygen which caused broken Debian package: wrong template
    file names
  * fix bar-keygen: create bar.jsk in /etc/bar by default
  * improved bar-keygen: check if keys exists, add option --force
  * improved BAR server: additionall check /etc/ssl/private for
    bar.jks
  * fix some typing errors in manual
  * fix Makefile of barcontrol: SWT JAR version

2010-05-23 0.13b
  * fix assert-error in options -#/-!
  * improved test of file functions (added -#, -!)
  * fix on-the-fly compiling of libgcrypt: use provided libgpg-error
    instead of system-libraries (which may not exists)
  * fixed and improved download of zlib: download recent version
  * small fixes in manual

2010-04-10 0.13a
  * fix typing error in "owner"
  * fix wrong parsing of "owner" in server
  * fix memory leak in server
  * barcontrol: fix opening directories in file tree
  * added epm to download third-party script

2010-03-21 0.13
  * implemented device image functions: create images from devices
  * implemented support for images with ext2/ext3, fat12/fat16/fat32
    file systems
  * renamed option --directory to --destination, use it for
    destination of images, too
    IMPORTANT: please edit your files in /etc/bar/jobs and
    replaced "directory = ..." by "destination = ..."!
  * verify if server TLS certificate expired; output error
    message
  * fix halt on some not implemented functions when
    restoring files
  * added stack backtrace output in string-debug functions
  * fix lost string when directory cannot be created
  * added option --owner
  * barcontrol: added support for 64bit systems
  * fixed some C compiler warnings
  * fixed creating directory when writing incremental file list
  * improved error messages
  * fixed memory leak
  * improved valgrind suppression rules
  * fixed compilation warnings
  * improved and clean-up command line/config value parsing
  * set socket timeout in barcontrol (20s)
  * improved error messages in barcontrol
  * updated SWT JAR to 3.6 (this fix a bug with GTK versions
    >= 2.18)
  * added 64bit SWT JAR for Windows
  * added SWT JAR for MacOSX (experimental)
  * fixed C stacktrace output in debug mode: print function names
  * added option -L = --long-format
  * added option --human-format, -H: print sizes in human readable
    format (size+unit)
  * added first version of a manual!
  * improved configure checks for doc tools

2010-01-01 0.12d
  * fixed wrong usage of vprintf in log function (caused SigSegV
    on 64bit systems)

2009-10-20 0.12c
  * fixes in configure: fix large file support for some system
  * fixes in configure: add libcrypto only if available (required
    for some older libssh2 implemenations)

2009-10-17 0.12b
  * added option --owner to overwritting settings for
    user/group of restored files
  * fixed creating directories: use default user creation
    mask for parent directories
  * revert error to warning when permission/owner ship
    cannot be set if --stop-on-error is not given
  * fixed configure check for EPM: do not try to detect
    version if no EPM installed
  * fixed configure check for gcrypt version

2009-09-15 0.12a
  * clean-up design of progress bars
  * fixed layout of part-editor (canvas widget)

2009-07-19 0.12
  * disabled -fschedule-insns2 optimization. This cause with my
    gcc 3.3 a problem in String_parse() when a boolean value
    should be read. It seems the address of variable become
    wrong when -fno-schedule-insns2 is not given (thus
    schedule-insns2 optimization is enabled). Is this a gcc
    bug?
  * added crypt password in jobs-storage-tab: password can be
    default (read from configuration file), interactive input
    (ask) or specified password
  * barcontrol: added check if JDK key file is valid
  * barcontrol: improved password dialog
  * barcontrol: added password dialog when crypt password mode
    is "ask"
  * fixed statics of skipped/error files
  * barcontrol; added pause button with timeout (default
    60min)
  * added support for lzma compression
  * added script for simple download of additional packages
  * added support to build additional packages when compiling
    bar (extract packages to specific sub-directories or use
    links)
  * barcontrol: added copy job button
  * barcontrol: check if job exists for new, copy, rename

2009-04-12 0.11b
  * barcontrol: improved volume dialog: unload tray button
  * fixed handling of DVDs
  * barcontrol: fixed progress bar for volume
  * barcontrol/server: fixed writing crypt-type entry (was empty)

2009-03-31 0.11a
  * fixed accidently removed save/cancel button in
    storage part edit dialog
  * barcontrol: fixed URI parsing
  * fixed string-error in DVD functions

2009-03-22 0.11
  * added selection of multiple days to schedule days
    configuration, e. g. you can specify "Mon,Tue,Sat"
  * barcontrol: fixed quit (internal threads blocked quit)
  * barcontrol: changed names of buttons in file tree
  * barcontrol: added button to open all included directories
    in file tree list (green directory symbol at the bottom
    right side)
  * barcontrol: added function to detect sizes of directories;
    when "directory info" checkbox is enabled and a
    sub-directory is opened the sizes of the directories are
    detected in the background
  * internal change in protocol bar/barcontrol
  * fixed some lost strings
  * improved speed: inline some function calls
  * barcontrol: added version number in about-dialog
  * fixed parsing of schedule data (type was missing)
  * fixed detection of size of current archive (was always 0)
  * new scheme to build a incremental file name from an 
    archive file name if no incremental file name is given:
      - discard all %-macros
      - discard all #
      - remove - and _ between macros
      - replace file name extension .bar by .bid
    A name like backup/system-%type-%a-####%last.bar will
    be transformed to backup/system.bid
  * improved error messages
  * fixed debug function in string library: limit number of
    entries in string-free-list.
  * fixed problem with "broken pipe" error in network code
  * added support for openssl command in bar-keygen
  * fixed generating Java SSL key
  * added creating RPM and DEB packages

2009-02-14 0.10a
  * fixed layout of login dialog
  * fixed missing barcontrol.bat.in in distribution

2009-02-11 0.10
  * fixed some not freed resources
  * fixed error message when password is not given or wrong
  * improved input password: ask for password if not given
    in some configuration file when mode is "default"
  * added option --group: group equals files in list; limit
    output to most recent entries if not given option --all.
    Add archive name in group mode. Usage: find most recent
    file 'foo' in a set of backups, e. g.
    bar *.bar -# "*/foo" -g
  * added option --all: list all entries in group
  * barcontrol: fixed Java exception when scheduling date/time
    can not be parsed
  * barcontrol: added "normal" type to start-dialog
  * default value for ssh port is now 22
  * do not ask for a password if bar is started server- or
    batch mode
  * barcontrol: flush not written configuration data to disk
    when terminating barcontrol
  * barcontrol: fixed reseting port number
  * barcontrol: set default sort mode to "weekday" for scheduling
    list
  * barcontrol: try to login with preset server name and login
    password. Open login-dialog only when login fail or when option
    --login-dialog is given.
  * delete old archive files (only possible for file, ftp, sftp).
    Can be disabled by --keep-old-archive-files
  * barcontrol: fixed bug when double-clicking file entry in file
  * fixed default login name/password for ftp, ssh: use command line
    options if not set otherwise
  * fixed default device name: use command line options if not set
    otherwise
  * fix problem with infinite backup when temporary directory is
    included in file list. The bar temporary directory and all
    created files are now not included in a backup. Note: this cannot
    work when two instances of bar are running doing a backup of
    each other.
  * added bar man page (finally!)
  * improved GUI layout manager
  * added animated busy-dialogs to restore, added abort-function
  * added confirmation dialog to abort job button

2008-12-10 0.09i
  * fixed creating pid file: when server is detached write pid of
    running process, not of terminated parent (thanks to Matthias
    Albert)

2008-12-09 0.09h
  * fixed problem with internal data alignment on 64bit systems
  * added test data to distribution
  * added chunk BAR0 to archive files as indicator for a bar file;
    chunk is skipped when reading an archive

2008-12-09 0.09g
  * add option --pid-file

2008-12-07 0.09f
  * small fix in "make install"

2008-12-04 0.09e
  * changed FTP URL to <login name>:<password>@<host name>/<filename>
  * improved password input: check if connection to ftp/ssh-server is
    possible in advance; select the right password
  * barcontrol: change FTP field names, added password field
  * fixed problem when writing incremental file list and current
    directory is not writable: create the temporary file in the same
    diretory like the destination file
  * removed some debug code
  * barcontrol: fixed error handling when authorization fail
  * barcontrol: fixed internal protocol data parser when data contain
    a negative number
  * fixed some wrong file names in "make install"
  * added barserver start script for Debian (Thanks to Matthias Albert)
  * fixed lost string
  * run bar as daemon in background; added option -D to disable detach
    mode
  * fixed missing server result when new job cannot be created

2008-12-03 0.09d
  * fixed missing server-jobs-directory in BAR server
  * fixed wrong path to bar+bar.cfg binary when installing
  * fix installation when barcontrol was not built

2008-12-01 0.09c
  * barcontrol: fixed #-parsing in archive name editor
  * fixed missing barcontrol.in, barcontrol.bat.in, barcontrol.xml source
  * fixed creation of scripts from *.in files
  * completed bar-keygen
  * no external SWT jar needed anymore to compile (but can still be used
    optional)

2008-11-27 0.09b
  * fixed drag+drop in archive name editor
  * added crypt public key field in storage tab
  * added CRC to public/private-key to avoid SigSegV in gcrypt-library
    when key is invalid. Sorry this also mean the key data format
    changed, thus you have to generate a new public/private key pair.
    Note: you cannot open old archives with the new keys!
  * added option -h/--help to barcontrol
  * barcontrol: read default server name/password/ports from
    $HOME/.bar/barcontrol.cfg (if this file exists)
  * renamed option --job-directory into --server-jobs-directory
  * improved check of options: output error if temporary directory
    cannot be written to
  * barcontrol: add field for port to scp/sftp connections
  * change format for archive-file names. Use now URL like names:
    ftp://<name>@<host>/<filename>
    scp://<name>@<host>:<port>/<filename>
    sftp://<name>@<host>:<port>/<filename>
    dvd://<device>/<filename>
    device://<device>/<filename>
    <filename>
  * improved error messages
  * fixed linker problem: link libdl, too

2008-11-21 0.09a
  * small fixes in make files
  * fixes archive name generator: do not add part number of splitting
    of archive is not enabled
  * passwords can now also be read from a non-terminal input, e. g.
    a redirected file
  * fixed test

2008-11-18 0.09
  * implemented a Java front end! This replaces the TclTk front end -
    please enjoy!
  * fixed bug in server password authorization: password was not
    checked until end

2008-09-23 0.08a
  * fixed double usage of va_args variable
  * fixed problems with 64bit
  * fixed typing error in bar.cfg (thanx to Matthias)

2008-09-08 0.08
  * added asymmetric encryption with public-key
  * improved estimation of files/s, bytes/s, stored bytes/s and rest time
  * fixed input of password via SSH_ASKPASS
  * fixed exitcode on create archive

2008-08-17 0.07b
  * added option --long-format
  * added date/time to -l
  * fixed file filters "*" and "-! ..."

2008-06-29 0.07a
  * fixed executing of external programs: handle signals
  * use /dev/dvd as default device for writing dvds
  * added storage bytes/s value to barcontrol.tcl
  * implemented rename job in barcontrol.tcl

2008-05-24 0.07
  * integrated scheduler in bar
  * added pause/continue of jobs
  * some internal bug fixes
  * improved response time of barcontrol.tcl by read/write-locking
    of shared data structures in server
  * implemented archive name editor in barcontrol.tcl
  * clean-up barcontrol.tcl
  * added FTP protocol
  * changed some option names for better consistency

2008-03-08 0.06
  * added option --debug to barcontrol.tcl; output debug info
    in server
  * fixed memory leak in server
  * improved several error messages

2008-01-21 0.05c
  * fixed SigSegV when reading broken/wrong archive
  * added retry (3) in storage via SSH

2008-01-19 0.05b
  * fixed static linkage
  * support none bz2
  * TclTk TLS package is now optional
  * import suport for non-ssh, non-crypt, non-bz2
  * added option --no-bar-on-dvd; store by default a copy of BAR
    executable on created DVDs
  * fixed wrong string when creating DVD

2008-01-18 0.05a
  * improved checks in configure
  * added configure option --disable-ssh
  * fixed static linkage

2007-12-31 0.05 (New Years Eve edition)
  * added macros %type, %last to archive file name
  * fixed path in bid-file name
  * removed option create-list-file; option --full create a list
    file, --incremental use the list and no option generate a
    standard archive (without an incremental list)
  * added options --full and --incremental to barcontrol.tcl.
    With these options the settings in a configuration can be
    overwritten, e. g. usefull to make incremental backups
    (define full-backup in configuration file; use --incremental
    to create a incremental backup on-the-fly)
  * do not write bid-file if archive cannot be stored
  * added file name editor in barcontrol (check the "folder"-image
    right to the file name!)
  * fixed missing lock in debug-code of strings.c
  * renamed option --priority -> --nice-level; set nice level
    not thread priority
  * added password input dialog in case password does not match
    or no password is defined in the configuration files

2007-12-18 0.04c
  * fixed creating of directories on restore of single files
  * fixed DVD burn commands (removed option "-dry-run" - sorry)

2007-12-16 0.04b
  * fixed typing error in secure password memory

2007-12-16 0.04a
  * fixed double free of a string
  * added check in string library for duplicate free
  * fixed abort
  * use base name of archive file name for incremental list file

2007-12-15 0.04
  * added create-dialog to barcontrol.tcl
  * added incremental backup
  * fixed bug in --request-volume-command (wrong command string)
  * fixed bug when executing external command (reading i/o)
  * fixed messages printed on console
  * replaced --enable-static-link by --enable-dynamic-link in
    configure and made static linkage to the default
  * added store/restore of special devices (character, block, fifo, socket)
  * fixed some small problems in restore
  * by the way: by accident BAR got his crucial test! I crashed
    my system partition and I could restore it with BAR!
    Nevertheless there is still a lot of work to do...

2007-12-01 0.03a
  * fixed thread termination for "create" command

2007-12-01 0.03
  * added option/configure value 'priority'
  * added log file support

2007-11-28 0.02c
  * improved handling of DVDs
  * added configure to scanx TCL extension
  * improved making of distribution
  * added option --wait-first-volume

2007-11-27 0.02b
  * improved handling of DVDs
  * started FAQ

2007-11-26 0.02a
  * bugfix

2007-11-25 0.02
  * implemented DVD support
  * fixed ssh connections
  * implemented more functions in barcontrol.tcl
  * added install for scanx, mclistbox.tcl (needed for barcontrol.tcl)
  * added config parser
  * added multiple server/device sections in config file
  * WARNING: changed usage of crypt password: encryption
    key is not filled with password anymore. Thus password
    "foo" is now different from "foofoo".
    Before upgrading BAR restore all archives!
  * added input of ssh/crypt password if not specified in config

2007-11-01 0.01
  * initial release
      



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