[FOSS] Bootless Star

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Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:55

I had just published a new Core version 1.5.5, plugins had also been updated as well.


Despite the development had ceased, I still depend on the DeLorean backup solution. Though, I noticed some issues with the DeLorean for a few years now - but could not provide any time to correct the problems. I also ran my system with no backup builds available, except for the basic Windows File History. While this temporary workaround works, I cannot assure that the files will be available if the system were to ultimately crash. So, I finally devoted a few hours to push out a few fixes, but no features were added. I cannot guarantee that I will continue to provide any additional surprise fixes in the future, but I hope this helps to extend the life of this program for a few more years to come. Enjoy!


Changelog:
Version 1.5.5 [Commit 70183ec]
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26 March. 2024
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* Use quotation on output redirections for STDOUTs
Without the quotations, if a file path contains any spaces - then the output would not be correct, yet the left overs would be considered an additional arguments that would be invalid. This would cause the program to crash as a result.
* When initializing %SourcePath% and %Output%, encapsulate it with quotations.
This will assure that any spaces introduced into the string will be properly part of the assignment.
* Use quotations on %Output% when inspecting if the assigned path exists.
Without this, the IF extCMD would see the string with spaces (or any special characters) as a command\instruction when the value is seen as a true condition.
* When using the DEL extCMD, %Output% needs to be quoted
We do NOT need a Bumblebee moment.... oh dear, what have I done :'(....
https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old ... issues/123
* Added Tracing to the ignore list in the DeLorean Project Module.
I could be grossly wrong, but it seems that %UserProfile%\Tracing\ is intended to hold data for Win10 Skype instance? The file is locked by the application, which will cause the backup operation to fail.
* Applied a few delimiters to the list
Windows default time\date schemes can contain spaces within the date format, and time contains a comma for milliseconds. Previously, this could break the %core.Time% and %core.Date% expectations.
* Revised the %core.Date% to use the English region time and date formatting
When I was developing this program, I used the German Time and Date region formatting. With using the German formatting, the %DATE% or 'DATE /T' would provide this formatting: DD.MM.YY. Yet, the English formatting is: DDD MM/DD/YYYY. Because of this inconsistency, and no real easy way to quickly fix this, the regional formatting will have to be set as 'English'. With that, the %core.Date% will contain: Day, Month, and Year - but still following the user's English regional settings.
* Upped the version for Bootless Star Core, GZDB, DB64, DB2, and DeLorean.
Bootless Star Core Ver: 1.5.5
GZDoom Builder Ver: 1.6.4
Doom Builder 64 Ver: 1.5.4
Doom Builder 2 Ver: 1.5.4
DeLorean Ver: 5.3

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Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:00

After a few years of not backing up my Home dir., I decided to fire up DeLorean using Bootless Star. But I stumbled onto an issue where the logging functionality was not properly working, more specifically, it turns out I forgot to add 'quotes' around a few redirect-output paths. I was able to quickly fix this issue, and I will also publish a minor update to the Bootless Star program as well. May have this update out tomorrow? depends on how the day goes; stay tuned!


P.S. I kinda miss the phpBB forums, social media really had changed everything - better and for worse.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Fri Apr 21, 2017 5:15

Just thought to let everyone know that as of today - this software is no longer being supported1.

So what happens here?
  • For those that still utilize the Doom Builder 2 compiler, Doom Builder 64, and the GZDoom Builder, this software will still work just perfectly fine - at least at the time of which I am writing this. Though, the end-user might have to perform some minor tweaks in the settings to bypass version control functionality (SVN) - or simply turn it off, the compiler's should still perform just fine.
  • For those that are still living in alternative 1985 and using the DeLorean (such as myself!), this program will still work just fine - even on the Windows 10 platform. However, the DeLorean is not quite dead. There does exist plans to modernize the DeLorean into C# using the .NET 4.5 foundation. Though, unfortunately, a timeline does not presently exist when the development will be active or an estimated time of completion.
For those that want to get Knee Deep in Batch:
  • One of the biggest plans I had - atleast right before the Bootless Star v.1.5 - was to shift into libraries that can be accessible outside of the core foundation and completely usable within the project scripts (omitting external scripts). The main reason why I never accomplished this myself was due to time, effort, and lack of motivation - the program did want I wanted and I was not in the mood to dismantle the program again for the fourth time. However, if anyone wants to give this a try - feel free! The core is as rock solid as I can get it - atleast there's no obvious issues, thus upgrading its internal instructions shouldn't be that trivial other than modifying its logic.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Sat Apr 16, 2016 5:38

I have recently revived this topic a bit, the links should be working as expected. In addition, for those interested, I spent a greater part of the day writing documentation for this project.

Keep in mind, that this project is no longer in the evolution phases anymore.


Enjoy.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Mon Jul 27, 2015 23:45

I am rather late on the release note, but DeLorean 5.2 was is out.

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Added Power State; now possible to enforce the host system to go into hibernation, suspend, or just shutdown the system after a successful operation.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Sat Feb 28, 2015 3:35

I just uploaded the entire project into GitHub; now everyone is able to play around with the code in a sane manner - hopefully.
For those that are interested, you are free to fork the project and do some weird things if you wish or maybe see how crazy Batch shell scripting can get.


What Comes Included:
  • Core; Bootless Star
  • Doom Builder 2 compiler
  • Doom Builder 64 compiler
  • GZDoom Builder compiler
  • DeLorean Backup
>> https://github.com/SibTiger/BootlessStar

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Sun Dec 21, 2014 21:42

Just a warning; I am going to shut down my webspace with Freewebs very soon, so the download links here may no longer work for awhile (or at all).

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Mon Oct 27, 2014 22:28

Well, after several years of development, it has come to this - - this entire project is now closed. Meaning, I am now officially shutting down the project's SVN repository. I hope this software helped those out that used it, or those that are still continuing to use it.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:48

Tiger wrote:[Bug - DeLorean Backup]<br abp="674">
  • Add OneDrive & SkyDrive directories to the exclusion lists; when the contents exists as a partial datafile but not marked for 'offline', the OneDrive integration still displays that the file exists when it doesn't. This tricks 7Zip into compacting a datafile that is locked or doesn't exist in the same fashion as a regular local data file.
Fixed in 5.1.2

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Sun Oct 26, 2014 16:54

[Bug - DeLorean Backup]
  • Add OneDrive & SkyDrive directories to the exclusion lists; when the contents exists as a partial datafile but not marked for 'offline', the OneDrive integration still displays that the file exists when it doesn't. This tricks 7Zip into compacting a datafile that is locked or doesn't exist in the same fashion as a regular local data file.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:58

The sources codes are now available for anyone to make a branch of this project; the benefits of these files as opposed to the compiled versions: uncompiled, less overwhelming, and easier to read and manage.

I really don't have the motivation to keep going with this program, mainly because - I consider it complete for what I wanted. So now, anyone can make a branch of this project and add-on further improvements and modifications that the programmers desires (as long as it follows with the LegalCrap.txt).

Enjoy

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:23

A new minor Bootless Star build [1.5.3] is now available:

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Version 1.5.3 [revision 973]
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7 October. 2014
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* The program will now properly check to see if the host system has Multithreading capabilities available for 7Zip software.  If the program detects that the host system does now have the capability - the multithreading feature will be disabled, otherwise - it will be enabled.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Sun Sep 14, 2014 18:22

Feature Request:

Low Priority:
High Demand: Parameters

Possible bugs (not confirmed):
7z MT switch is not properly evaluated from the core. Bootless Star does not run a check on how many processors (logical) that the host system has installed. Though to counter this, 7zip automatically adjusts this regardless of the variable setting.


EDIT
Strikethrough the parameters; I just don't have the motivation to do it anymore.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:12

Another update, but these updates only addresses lack of external documentation issues. Modules now include a ReadMe (What is the purpose of these programs, etc), while the core has two texts file for clarifications.

Re: [FOSS] Bootless Star

by Tiger » Fri Jul 04, 2014 20:48

After using the DeLorean for my backups, I decided to add a few more features in the DeLorean v5.1:
  • It is now possible to change the location of the Backup, Restore, and Temp local directory to another destination. This will allow the user to be able to freely backup their settings in another filesystem that is dedicated for storage\system backups. HOWEVER, THIS WILL NOT MOVE ANY DATA TO A NEW LOCATION!
  • It is now possible for the user to decide on wither or not to exclude typical video directories from being backed up. Directories that will be excluded (if set to True): ~\Videos, ~\My Videos, ~\MyVideos, ~\Movies, ~\My Movies, ~\MyMovies.

In addition, a new extremely minor version of Bootless Star is also available. This update merely corrects a comment string that appears in the user configuration file.

Spoiler: SVN Changelog

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