save-config(1)

Name

save-config - save configuration

Synopsis

save-config <safe-options>

About

This script generates a plain bzip2 compressed tar archive containing the specified files, suitable as a GCA (grml configuration archive, see grml-autoconfig(1) for details).

Options

The following options are supported for specifying which parts should be saved in the configuration file:

-home: Store hidden files from $HOME ($HOME/.*).
-grmlhome: Store hidden files from \$HOME (\$HOME/.*) of user grml [use as user root].
-etc: Sstore modified files from /etc.
-configdir: Store $HOME/config.
-all: Store all configuration files (:= -home, -configdir and -etc).

Tip	It is also possible to use environment variables for specifying which parts should be saved. Just set the corresponding variable: $SAVE_HOME, $SAVE_ETC, $SAVE_CONFIGDIR and $SAVE_ALL

The default filename of the generated configuration file is config.tbz. The following options are supported for specifying another destination of the configuration file:

-ssh user@host:/path/to/file: Copy configuration via ssh/scp to remote host.
-mail <recipient>: Send configuration via mail.
-file foo_bar_config.tbz: Save configuration in specified file.

Usage examples

save-config -all: Store all configuration files in config.tbz in current dir.
save-config -home -mail devnull@grml.org: Store $HOME/.* in config.tbz and send it via mail.
save-config -etc -ssh devnull@grml.org:/path/: Store /etc in config.tbz and scp it to specified host.
save-config -all -file foo.tbz: Store all configuration files in foo.tbz.
SAVE_ALL=yes save-config -file /path/foo.tbz: Store all configuration files in /path/foo.tbz.

Bugs

If you find a bug please report it. See link:http://grml.org/bugs/ for details about how to report bugs.