# System-tar-and-restore

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System-tar-and-restore contains two bash scripts, the main program star.sh and a gui wrapper star-gui.sh. Three modes are available:

- Backup: With this mode you can make a tar backup archive of your system.

- Restore/Transfer: Restore mode uses the above created archive to extract it in desired partition(s). Transfer mode transfers your system in desired partition(s) using rsync. Then, in both cases, the script generates the target system's fstab, rebuilds initramfs for every available kernel, generates locales and finally installs and configures the selected bootloader.

If you plan to use the gui, install gtkdialog from the official repositories.

## Installation

Install system-tar-and-restoreAUR from the AUR or from archlinuxgr-any repo.

## Usage

See the README.

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- System recovery

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