tmpfs-version

This version mostly used for typical routers with big Read-Only partition.

tmpfs version have /sbin/flash script which can be used for loads/saves important files from/to raw MTD partition (/dev/mtdblock3).

Usage:

# /sbin/flash
Usage: /sbin/flash save | load [dst]

By default this script saves: /etc /usr/local /root. Edit /etc/midge.save for change defaults.

In tmpfs version also supports ipkg packages. But for preserving files ipkg -d local should be used

Example:

# ipkg -d local update
Downloading http://midge.vlad.org.ua/ipkg/Packages ...
Connecting to midge.vlad.org.ua[212.1.120.85]:80
Packages             100% |*****************************| 11533       00:00 ETA
Done.
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/ipkg/lists/midge

# ipkg -d local install tc

Downloading http://midge.vlad.org.ua/ipkg/./tc_0_mipsel.ipk ...
Connecting to midge.vlad.org.ua[212.1.120.85]:80
tc_0_mipsel.ipk      100% |*****************************| 56732       00:00 ETA
Done.
Unpacking tc...Done.
Configuring tc...Done.

# flash save
Info: Saving to /tmp/flash.tar.gzip
tar: Removing leading '/' from member names
root/
usr/local/
usr/local/sbin/
usr/local/sbin/tc
usr/local/usr/
usr/local/usr/lib/
usr/local/usr/lib/ipkg/
usr/local/usr/lib/ipkg/status
usr/local/usr/lib/ipkg/info/
usr/local/usr/lib/ipkg/info/tc.list
usr/local/tmp/
usr/local/tmp/ipkg/
etc/
etc/random-seed
etc/TZ
etc/mtab
etc/crontab
etc/fstab
etc/group
etc/hosts
etc/tpkg.conf
etc/ethertypes
etc/network/
...
etc/inputrc
etc/protocols
etc/resolv.conf
etc/profile
etc/midge.save
1+1 records in
1+1 records out