Re: [Bug-tar] linux-backup-include-empty-swapfile (embedded)

[Michael R. Lawrence CISSP]

hmm  may have to give that a go, as raspberry-pi3 isnt all that beefy , 

 /var/cache/swap/swap1 --exclude ... , and touch /tmp/fake-swap1 , --transform to  /var/cache/swap/swap1

however --emptyfile , would be in the future a very elegant , and simplified  user alias...  

also for password files or other things one might want blanked...  ie custom iso re-spins... etc...  and remove P. I .  etc. ​

​i'll have to adjust my script but , this for now should do...  ​

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On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 5:07 AM, Pavel Raiskup <address@hidden> wrote:

On Saturday, June 3, 2017 5:40:31 AM CEST Michael R. Lawrence CISSP wrote:
> GNU tar can't be told to --empty-file* /var/cache/swap/swap1*

Ah, RFE for --empty-file.  That sounds like valid request to me.

> ADDING THE LIVE RUINING FILE WILL CRASH TAR/SYSTEM

Hm, tar shouldn't crash if some file is changed in parallel (that would be clear
bug and reproducer would be needed).  Documentation claims that you should avoid
such race conditions if you want to have _valid_ backup though.

> I'm just not sure how to get tar to add the 1 file as empty... or append
> archive as 1 empty file @ path...
>
> *How to append the empty file in my backup script would be a a plus* , more
> elegant...

Have a look at '--transform' option:

    $ tar --transform='s|/tmp/empty- file|/swp/file|' \
          /tmp/empty-file \
    ...

That's definitely not an elegant way.  Also: I would be careful to use
--transform with --exclude, to my understanding --exclude should be applied
against _transformed_ name (but it doesn't happen ATM).

Pavel