Difference between revisions of "Save and Restore"
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Architecture: | Architecture: | ||
| − | * A binary C-based | + | * A binary C-based org.webosinternals.saverestore service provides the ability to run a set of pre-installed scripts |
| − | * The service calls the scripts with a small set of known arguments (e.g. 'save', 'restore', etc) | + | * The service calls the scripts with a small set of known arguments (e.g. 'info', 'save', 'restore', etc) |
* The scripts are named according to the appId of the application that owns the data | * The scripts are named according to the appId of the application that owns the data | ||
* The scripts are stored in a location that is only accessible by installing them as root (e.g. a signed app with a post-install script) | * The scripts are stored in a location that is only accessible by installing them as root (e.g. a signed app with a post-install script) | ||
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Features of the service: | Features of the service: | ||
| − | * A method to list the current set of available scripts | + | * A method to list the current set of available scripts with info about id, name, ... |
* A method to call an individual script, or the set of all scripts, with a command method | * A method to call an individual script, or the set of all scripts, with a command method | ||
** save | ** save | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 26 March 2010
A general architecture for saving and restoring stuff from application data areas to the USB drive.
Architecture:
- A binary C-based org.webosinternals.saverestore service provides the ability to run a set of pre-installed scripts
- The service calls the scripts with a small set of known arguments (e.g. 'info', 'save', 'restore', etc)
- The scripts are named according to the appId of the application that owns the data
- The scripts are stored in a location that is only accessible by installing them as root (e.g. a signed app with a post-install script)
- The service does not allow the execution of scripts outside of that location
- Therefore, any script that is run by the service has been installed by a means that already had root access
Features of the service:
- A method to list the current set of available scripts with info about id, name, ...
- A method to call an individual script, or the set of all scripts, with a command method
- save
- restore
Implementation Decisions
- Where to store the data
- Choose /media/internal/saverestore
Situations To Persist Across
- Partial Erase
- Profile Reset (/var and /media/cryptofs are wiped, but /media/internal is retained)
Locations of Application Data
- /var/palm/data
- /media/internal/.app-storage
- /var/luna/data
- additional files in the application directory