Add a comment to a backup?

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26 AM Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie at gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been making backups before doing particularly complex things to my treebanks, and I find myself writing down information about what stage of processing a given backup corresponds to. > > "after replacing subtrees for missing compounds" > > I wish I could associate these strings with backups in BaseX so I can more easily know which one I would restore if something went wrong. > > Jonathan

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:44 PM Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jonathan, > > Currently, it’s not possible to attach comments to backups. I’ll have > some more thoughts on your feature request. Maybe we could add an info > file in the zipped archive and partially unzip it when listing > available backups. > > All the best, > Christian > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26 AM Jonathan Robie > <jonathan.robie at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have been making backups before doing particularly complex things to my treebanks, and I find myself writing down information about what stage of processing a given backup corresponds to. > > > > "after replacing subtrees for missing compounds" > > > > I wish I could associate these strings with backups in BaseX so I can more easily know which one I would restore if something went wrong. > > > > Jonathan

> I'm wondering if zip's `setComment` might be useful here.

> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:44 PM Christian Grün > <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Jonathan, > > > > Currently, it’s not possible to attach comments to backups. I’ll have > > some more thoughts on your feature request. Maybe we could add an info > > file in the zipped archive and partially unzip it when listing > > available backups. > > > > All the best, > > Christian > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26 AM Jonathan Robie > > <jonathan.robie at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I have been making backups before doing particularly complex things to my treebanks, and I find myself writing down information about what stage of processing a given backup corresponds to. > > > > > > "after replacing subtrees for missing compounds" > > > > > > I wish I could associate these strings with backups in BaseX so I can more easily know which one I would restore if something went wrong. > > > > > > Jonathan

> On Mar 30, 2022, at 12:17 PM, Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm wondering if zip's `setComment` might be useful here. > > Interesting hint. > > I have discovered the ZipOutputStream.setComment function. There > doesn’t seem to be an equivalent ZipInputStream.getComment function, > though. Maybe I overlooked something? > > > >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:44 PM Christian Grün >> <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jonathan, >>> >>> Currently, it’s not possible to attach comments to backups. I’ll have >>> some more thoughts on your feature request. Maybe we could add an info >>> file in the zipped archive and partially unzip it when listing >>> available backups. >>> >>> All the best, >>> Christian >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26 AM Jonathan Robie >>> <jonathan.robie at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have been making backups before doing particularly complex things to my treebanks, and I find myself writing down information about what stage of processing a given backup corresponds to. >>>> >>>> "after replacing subtrees for missing compounds" >>>> >>>> I wish I could associate these strings with backups in BaseX so I can more easily know which one I would restore if something went wrong. >>>> >>>> Jonathan

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 6:40 PM Majewski, Steven Dennis (sdm7g) <sdm7g at virginia.edu> wrote: > > It’s in ZipFile.getComment() > > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/zip/ZipFile.html#getComment-- > > — Steve M. > > On Mar 30, 2022, at 12:17 PM, Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm wondering if zip's `setComment` might be useful here. > > > Interesting hint. > > I have discovered the ZipOutputStream.setComment function. There > doesn’t seem to be an equivalent ZipInputStream.getComment function, > though. Maybe I overlooked something? > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:44 PM Christian Grün > <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Jonathan, > > Currently, it’s not possible to attach comments to backups. I’ll have > some more thoughts on your feature request. Maybe we could add an info > file in the zipped archive and partially unzip it when listing > available backups. > > All the best, > Christian > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26 AM Jonathan Robie > <jonathan.robie at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have been making backups before doing particularly complex things to my treebanks, and I find myself writing down information about what stage of processing a given backup corresponds to. > > "after replacing subtrees for missing compounds" > > I wish I could associate these strings with backups in BaseX so I can more easily know which one I would restore if something went wrong. > > Jonathan > >

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 7:27 AM Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the pointers! > > Good news: It’s now possible to add comments to database backups [1,2]. > > Feedback is welcome. > Christian > > [1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/2084 > [2] https://files.basex.org/releases/latest/ > > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 6:40 PM Majewski, Steven Dennis (sdm7g) > <sdm7g at virginia.edu> wrote: > > > > It’s in ZipFile.getComment() > > > > > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/zip/ZipFile.html#getComment-- > > > > — Steve M. > > > > On Mar 30, 2022, at 12:17 PM, Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I'm wondering if zip's `setComment` might be useful here. > > > > > > Interesting hint. > > > > I have discovered the ZipOutputStream.setComment function. There > > doesn’t seem to be an equivalent ZipInputStream.getComment function, > > though. Maybe I overlooked something? > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:44 PM Christian Grün > > <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Jonathan, > > > > Currently, it’s not possible to attach comments to backups. I’ll have > > some more thoughts on your feature request. Maybe we could add an info > > file in the zipped archive and partially unzip it when listing > > available backups. > > > > All the best, > > Christian > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26 AM Jonathan Robie > > <jonathan.robie at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I have been making backups before doing particularly complex things to > my treebanks, and I find myself writing down information about what stage > of processing a given backup corresponds to. > > > > "after replacing subtrees for missing compounds" > > > > I wish I could associate these strings with backups in BaseX so I can > more easily know which one I would restore if something went wrong. > > > > Jonathan > > > > >

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26 AM Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie at gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been making backups before doing particularly complex things to my treebanks, and I find myself writing down information about what stage of processing a given backup corresponds to. > > "after replacing subtrees for missing compounds" > > I wish I could associate these strings with backups in BaseX so I can more easily know which one I would restore if something went wrong. > > Jonathan

On Fri, May 13, 2022, 05:56 Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > I hope the facility to add comments to backups has turned out to be > helpful. > > We have further enhanced db:create-backup with a boolean compress flag > [1]: If you use a recent version, you’ll need to update your code with > the upcoming version 9.7.2 of BaseX. Nothing will change if you use > the CREATE BACKUP command or the GUI. > > Best, > Christian > > [1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/2103 > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26 AM Jonathan Robie > <jonathan.robie at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have been making backups before doing particularly complex things to > my treebanks, and I find myself writing down information about what stage > of processing a given backup corresponds to. > > > > "after replacing subtrees for missing compounds" > > > > I wish I could associate these strings with backups in BaseX so I can > more easily know which one I would restore if something went wrong. > > > > Jonathan >