Indeed, but it has to face two constraints, the second being directly related to the first : limited storage space and access to the data backed up through archivemount which does not support the android backup format. Le ven. 17 mai 2019 à 10:32, Ralph Corderoy <ralph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > Hi Pascal, > > > I still have a slight problem because the tar command ends with an error > : > > *(the same error is also present with adb, printf and tail).* > .. > > $ python3 adbackup.py > /tmp/mybackup.tgz > > $ tar tvzf /tmp/mybackup.tgz > > ... all my files are here :-) > > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file > > tar: Child returned status 1 > > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > Why not keep the non-tar file long term and convert it to gzip'd tar > format when required. That way you'll be able to improve your > conversion over time, and not break if adb changes its format. That > breakage could go unnoticed until it's too late to re-backup the data. > > (printf ... && cat foo.ab) | tar ... > > -- > Cheers, Ralph. >
