dar

# dar Plugin Disk ARchive (dar) — a powerful backup and archiving tool. Supports incremental backups, slices, compression, encryption, and selective restore — a feature-rich alternative to tar for serious backup workflows. ## Installation ```bash apt install dar # or brew install dar ``` ## Basic Usage ```bash # Create a full backup archive of /home dar -c backup-$(date +%F).dar /home # List archive contents dar -l backup-2026-07-20.dar # Restore files from archive dar -x backup-2026-07-20.dar -R / ``` ## Common Patterns ```bash # Incremental backup (reference previous archive) dar -c backup-inc.dar -A backup-full.dar /home # Split archive into 500MB slices dar -c backup.dar -s 500M /home # Exclude paths dar -c backup.dar -X '*/node_modules/*' /home ``` ## Usage Examples - "Back up /home with incremental dar archives" - "List contents of a .dar backup file" - "Create an encrypted disk archive with dar" ## SuperCLI ```bash sc dar _ _ -c mybackup.dar /data sc dar _ _ -l mybackup.dar sc plugins learn dar ```