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I agree that configsave is extremely useful. Since it's the only system which allows selective saving of changes which can have huge advantages over manditory systems which deny your freedom.

I don't see why configsave can't be just left there for those who want to use it, rather than being dropped/removed from Slax. (which I don't really believe will happen. At least I hope not)

I personally feel if it is removed and not replaced with some other method of doing selective saving, I would have to find a way to replace it or I'd have to reluctantly go elsewhere.

I simply don't want a system that dictates to me, and takes away my freedom to experiment.

Here's just one example, but there's a lot more. Right now I can try all kinds of crazy experiments. Some of which can completely mangle and wreck the system. I then simply reboot without saving changes and I'm instantly back to a perfect system with all my previous changes.

Try doing that with changes= or a real install. I don't think so.

documented on: 2006-09-08, by Guest

saving changes

I think I need to bring up this old post again.

I 100% agree with what he said. I'll take a note of it in my note collection.

documented on: 2007-08-06, by xpt

saving changes

I am using configsave slax5 with a little modification and is working good for me. I only need a little changes and I don't change my changes frecuently.

Make a text file with this content and rename it to configsave then make executable and make a module with it put it in /usr/bin inside module.

I use in terminal:

configsave /Where/I/want/store/slaxconf.lzm

This is the code equal configsave for slax5 from Tomas but a little modification:

#!/bin/bash
# save and restore SLAX config to a file
# $1 = full path to new slaxconf.mo file

PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

# only root can run this
if [ "0$UID" -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Only root can run `basename $0`"; exit 1
fi

SLAXCONF=slaxconf.lzm
MEMORY=/mnt/live/memory
CHANGES=$MEMORY/changes

CONFFILE=$1
if [ "$CONFFILE" = "" ]; then echo "usage: $0 [-f] /mnt/hda?/$SLAXCONF"; exit 1; fi
if [ -d "$CONFFILE" ]; then CONFFILE=$CONFFILE/$CONFSAVE; fi
if [ -e "$CONFFILE" -a ! -f "$CONFFILE" ]; then echo "not a regular file $CONFFILE"; exit 1; fi

# directory with changes is only in SLAX LiveCD, not in installed version
if [ ! -d $CHANGES ]; then
echo "This script can work only from SLAX Live CD"; exit 1
fi

# INIT
# ***********************

MYSELF="`basename \"$0\"`"

# SAVE
# ***********************

if [ "$MYSELF" = "configsave" ]; then
echo "saving changes to $CONFFILE..."
rm $CONFFILE 2>/dev/null
touch $CHANGES/{etc,home,root,var}
mksquashfs $CHANGES/{etc,home,root,var} $CONFFILE -e $CHANGES/var/{run,log,man,tmp} /etc/fstab >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "can't write config to $CONFFILE"; exit 1; fi
fi

# RESTORE
# ***********************

if [ "$MYSELF" = "configrestore" ]; then
echo "restoring changes from $CONFFILE..."
lzm2dir $CONFFILE $CHANGES
uniondbg -g /
fi

documented on: 2007-08-06, by gusterrapolis