As someone noted here recently the specifications for mondo are
wonderful.
Unfortunately, I think the implementation needs some attention. The C
source code is full of system() calls, strcpy() is much used. Bits of
code such as this bother me a little:
flag_set[opt]=TRUE;
if (optarg) { strcpy(flag_val[opt], optarg); }
The source field is user-supplied and is not validated wrt length.
It sorely needs a code audit. If there's anyone listening who'd like a
decent low-end backup/recovery and fancies they have the skills to
improve the code quality, this is a tool that needs your attention.
Before anyone says, "But there's Amanda," mondo does things now that
are on Amanda's todo list. Like CD burning. Like multivolume. I checked
Amanda.
Mondo is at http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ and there's at least one
mailing list. There's a project for it at sourceforge, but its website
there isn't populated yet.
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Cheers
John Summerfield
Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/
Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my
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