ibnr-conf

This is the config file that is consumed by bnr's bnr script.

Format

Sample Entry 1

emacs "init.el" 0:0 ~/".emacs.d/init.el"

Sample Entry 2

$def$-unity unity.conf 0:1 !

There are 4 columns in this file. Each column should hold a value or have ! to indicate no value.

1. Program Name - This is the name that identifies the software. Values for this column that begin with $def$ in a - separated value are processed irrespective of whether a matching value is present in the provided install log file.
   Example: The Sample Entry 2 line will be processed always.
2. Backup File Name - This is the name that will be used to store the dotfile contents.
3. Properties - Colon (:) separated tuple, that identifies the following properties for the entry,
   1. Super user flag - if 1, indicates whether super user access is required to copy the file into the destination.
   2. Config script flag - if 1, indicates whether there is a separate script that needs to be run to create or restore a backup. The corresponding scripts are located in the config_scripts directory and are identified by appending -bnr.sh to the Program Name column value.
      Example: The Sample Entry 2 line indicates that it requires a script to be executed. This script is identified by the name $def$-unity-bnr.sh inside the config_scripts directory.
4. Source File Name - The destination path for the dotfile. Values specified within double quotes are taken literallya and double quotes need to be escaped with a backslash. The bnr script performs tilde-expansion on the value for this column. The values are similar to regular bash file path.
   Example: The Sample Entry 1 refers to the dotfile location with a tilde-prefixed file path.

Generally, any text enclosed within double quotes are taken literally.

Getting Started

• You are encouraged to customize the config file according to your needs.
• All column values should either have an entry or have ! as a place holder value.
• All enabled entries in a particular version have been tested on that version of Ubuntu.
• Any part of a line starting with a # is considered as a comment and is ignored. So, if you don't need a line to be processed, you can simply disable it by commenting it out.
• If you want to contribute, you can do so by contributing entries alone or if the backup and restore requires a script, the entry and the corresponding script. For more information on this and on how bnr calls the config scripts, please see config_scripts.

Versioning

• Master branch is the main development branch and the head should have the stable version.

LICENSE

GNU GPLv3