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+#!/bin/sh
+
+## $Id: 221.backup-gpart.sh 58697be4119d 2017-10-03 03:09 +0200 lachman $
+## Created by: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
+
+## Backup of disk partitions layout, useful for gpart restore.
+## Data are stored on local filesystem, in /var/backup.
+## It is recommended to copy those files to off-site storage.
+
+
+## If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
+##
+if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]
+then
+	. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+	source_periodic_confs
+fi
+
+bak_dir=/var/backups
+
+rotate() {
+	base_name=$1
+	show_diff=$2
+	file="$bak_dir/$base_name"
+
+	if [ -f "${file}.bak" ] ; then
+		rc=0
+		if cmp -s "${file}.bak" "${file}.tmp"; then
+			rm "${file}.tmp"
+		else
+			rc=1
+			[ -n "$show_diff" ] && diff "${file}.bak" "${file}.tmp"
+			mv "${file}.bak" "${file}.bak2" || rc=3
+			mv "${file}.tmp" "${file}.bak" || rc=3
+		fi
+	else
+		rc=1
+		mv "${file}.tmp" "${file}.bak" || rc=3
+		[ -n "$show_diff" ] && cat "${file}.bak"
+	fi
+}
+
+case "$daily_backup_gpart_verbose" in
+	[Yy][Ee][Ss]) show="YES"
+esac
+
+case "$daily_backup_gpart_enable" in
+	[Yy][Ee][Ss])
+
+	echo ""
+	echo "Dump of kern.geom.conftxt:";
+	sysctl -n kern.geom.conftxt > "$bak_dir/kern.geom.conftxt.tmp"
+	rotate "kern.geom.conftxt" $show
+
+	gpart_devs=$(gpart show | awk '$1 == "=>" { print $4 }')
+	if [ -n "$daily_backup_gpart_exclude" ]; then
+		gpart_devs=$(echo ${gpart_devs} | grep -E -v "${daily_backup_gpart_exclude}")
+	fi
+
+	if [ -z "$gpart_devs"  ]; then
+		echo '$daily_backup_gpart_enable is set but no disk probed by kernel.' \
+		"perhaps NFS diskless client."
+		rc=2
+	else
+		echo ""
+		echo "Backup of partitions information for:";
+
+		for d in ${gpart_devs}; do
+			echo "$d"
+			safe_name=$(echo "gpart.${d}" | tr -cs ".[:alnum:]\n" "_")
+			gpart backup "$d" > "$bak_dir/$safe_name.tmp"
+			rotate "$safe_name" $show
+		done
+
+		gpart_show=$(gpart show -p)
+		boot_part=$(echo "$gpart_show" | awk '$4 ~ /(bios|freebsd)-boot/ { print $3 }')
+		if [ -n "$boot_part" ]; then
+			echo ""
+			echo "Backup of boot partition content:"
+			for b in ${boot_part}; do
+				echo "$b"
+				safe_name=$(echo "boot.${b}" | tr -cs ".[:alnum:]\n" "_")
+				dd if="/dev/${b}" of="$bak_dir/$safe_name.tmp" 2> /dev/null
+				rotate "$safe_name"
+			done
+		fi
+
+		mbr_part=$(echo "$gpart_show" | awk '$1 == "=>" && $5 == "MBR" { print $4 }')
+		if [ -n "$mbr_part" ]; then
+			echo ""
+			echo "Backup of MBR record:"
+			for mb in ${mbr_part}; do
+				echo "$mb"
+				safe_name=$(echo "boot.${mb}" | tr -cs ".[:alnum:]\n" "_")
+				dd if="/dev/${mb}" of="$bak_dir/$safe_name.tmp" bs=512 count=1 2> /dev/null
+				rotate "$safe_name"
+			done
+		fi
+
+        efi_part=$(echo "$gpart_show" | awk '$4 ~ /efi/ {print $3}')
+        if [ -n "$efi_part" ]; then
+            echo ""
+            echo "Backup of EFI partition content:"
+            for efi in ${efi_part}; do
+                echo "$efi"
+                safe_name=$(echo "efi.${efi}" | tr -cs ".[:alnum:]\n" "_")
+                dd if="/dev/${efi}" of="$bak_dir/$safe_name.tmp" 2> /dev/null
+                rotate "$safe_name"
+            done
+        fi
+
+	fi
+	;;
+
+	*)  rc=0
+	;;
+esac
+
+exit $rc