ZipSnapNG

Portable multi-platform backup tool with advanced features

Project directory structure:

• /code/: development tree
• /code/src/: source code
• /code/build/: build directory (not indexed in git)
• /release/: production tree
• /release/test/: test directory (not indexed in git)
• /release/versions/: version repository (not indexed in git)
• /release/ZipSnapNG/: target directory
• /release/ZipSnapNG/conf: contains configuration files
• /release/ZipSnapNG/docs: contains the documentation
• /release/ZipSnapNG/lib: contains the libraries

Who does what

• ZipSnapNG.jar is the compiled com.backup.zipsnap.ng.starter.Starter class which reads the settings from "conf/init.conf" and run ZipSnapNG within a new JVM
• lib/zipsnapng-vx.x.x.jar is the main program (com.backup.zipsnap.ng.Main) run by the starter class which reads the settings from "conf/zipsnapng.conf"

Development environment

• Development tool: Eclipse
• Version control system: Git

Compiling the project

• An Ant configuration file is provided at "code/build.xml" to build the two project's JARs

Starter's command line options (set with -D)

• gui: force the program to run the GUI (true/false)
• debug: enable debug mode for the starter application (true/false)
• interactive: interact with the main application's output (true/false)
• app.directory: set the application's directory to a given path

Running the project in Eclipse

• classmexer and zip4j jars must be added to the Classpath
• To force CLI mode use -Dgui=false in your Run Configuration (since javaw is always used)
• Set the application's directory with -Dapp.directory=release\ZipSnapNG in your Run Configuration (since running from the build directory)