Confstore is a backup tool that enables users to store and recover configurations with ease.
Confstore is an impressive configuration backup utility that provides a user-friendly way to handle your system configurations. It scans your entire system and detects all recognized configuration files before storing them in an archive. This makes it easy to restore previous configurations, meaning that you don't have to worry about losing important system settings even if they are mistakenly deleted.
For this software to work, you need to ensure that your system meets certain requirements. Confstore can only work on Linux/UNIX operating systems. At present, the software is developed and tested on Gentoo Linux. Moreover, Confstore requires a minimum of Perl 5.x, although it has been tested on other versions such as 5.8.0, 5.8.2, and 5.8.4.
If you intend to use certain features of Confstore, you may need to install some optional requirements such as bzip2 or gzip compression software, Getopt::Long, Net::FTP, MIME::Lite, Digest::MD5, and Crypt::CipherSaber.
One of the significant upgrades in the latest version of Confstore that sets it apart from previous versions is that it enables users to compare previously stored files with the current files being restored. In restoration, both files are viewed simultaneously so that users can compare and see the difference. This upgrade helps users to determine which file version they want to keep, making the system configuration process seamless.
The previous version of Confstore had some issues with wildcard support, but the latest release has addressed these problems. Also, the new version enables users to define environmental variables such as $HOME in definition files, making it possible to set configurations based on the current user account.
In the latest Confstore version, all module options are now in one location, cs.conf, making it easier for users to locate and make quick changes. Additionally, the software release has more definitions to locations.def, making it an even more comprehensive configuration tool.
For this software to work, you need to ensure that your system meets certain requirements. Confstore can only work on Linux/UNIX operating systems. At present, the software is developed and tested on Gentoo Linux. Moreover, Confstore requires a minimum of Perl 5.x, although it has been tested on other versions such as 5.8.0, 5.8.2, and 5.8.4.
If you intend to use certain features of Confstore, you may need to install some optional requirements such as bzip2 or gzip compression software, Getopt::Long, Net::FTP, MIME::Lite, Digest::MD5, and Crypt::CipherSaber.
One of the significant upgrades in the latest version of Confstore that sets it apart from previous versions is that it enables users to compare previously stored files with the current files being restored. In restoration, both files are viewed simultaneously so that users can compare and see the difference. This upgrade helps users to determine which file version they want to keep, making the system configuration process seamless.
The previous version of Confstore had some issues with wildcard support, but the latest release has addressed these problems. Also, the new version enables users to define environmental variables such as $HOME in definition files, making it possible to set configurations based on the current user account.
In the latest Confstore version, all module options are now in one location, cs.conf, making it easier for users to locate and make quick changes. Additionally, the software release has more definitions to locations.def, making it an even more comprehensive configuration tool.
What's New
Version 0.5.4: N/A