confstore

This version adds support for environment variables, such as
$HOME, in definition files thus greatly expanding what
definition files can cover. Also, a bug in the wildcard system
that wouldn't allow you to restore files that had been
originally found using a wildcard entry has been fixed. When
restoring, 'v' now shows both files so you can compare
before you restore. All module options have been moved to
cs.conf as well, meaning that you no longer have to edit the
module scripts. Finally, a few more configsets have been
added to the default locations.def plus a few that others
have submitted.

This release contains mainly bugfixes for 0.5.2, which had some problems with the encryption. Mainly, 0.5.2 would not run at all unless you had Crypt::CipherSaber, even if you weren't using the encryption. Checking for the module now occurs earlier in program execution to prevent unencrypted archives being left around if you try and encrypt something without Crypt::CipherSaber.

This version adds support for encryption, using the
CipherSaber encryption system. The logging feature has also
been extended quite a bit with a lot more information being
logged including the definition file in use for scans, whether
archives were mailed or FTPed anywhere, and details of
restores.

confstore now has a logging feature. It can log
every backup you make in one log file. Each entry
in the log file includes: the exact date of the
scan/backup, a list of all files found or not
found, the name of the resulting archive, and the
MD5 checksum of the archive. This checksum is
quite useful for ensuring the integrity of
archives before restoring or using them in the
future.

This is a big rewrite of much of the older code. The processing of arguments is a lot more efficient (Getopt::Long is now used) The menu mode has been abolished (it was pretty useless, and just meant some annoying prompts sometimes got in your way). There is a new verbose option which can be controlled with the -v option or by setting the default verbose level in cs.conf. The confstore modules are now true modules and are loaded like any other Perl module.