package backup import ( "archive/tar" "compress/gzip" "context" "fmt" "io" "os" "path/filepath" ) // ArchiveFS walks the filesystem starting from basedir writing files encountered // tarred and gzipped to the provided writer func ArchiveFS(ctx context.Context, basedir string, w io.Writer) error { gz := gzip.NewWriter(w) tarball := tar.NewWriter(gz) absPath, err := filepath.Abs(basedir) if err != nil { return err } info, err := os.Lstat(absPath) if err != nil { return err } if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink { // This is a symlink - we need to follow it bdir, err := os.Readlink(absPath) if err != nil { return err } basedir = bdir } errChan := make(chan error, 1) walkFn := func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error { if err != nil { return err } hdr, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(info, "") if err != nil { return err } hdr.Name = path err = tarball.WriteHeader(hdr) if err != nil { return err } if !info.IsDir() { src, err := os.Open(path) if err != nil { return err } defer src.Close() _, err = io.Copy(tarball, src) if err != nil { return err } err = tarball.Flush() if err != nil { return err } err = gz.Flush() if err != nil { return err } } return nil } // stop processing if we get a cancellation signal err = filepath.Walk(basedir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error { go func() { errChan <- walkFn(path, info, err) }() select { case <-ctx.Done(): if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil { return err } case err := <-errChan: if err != nil { return err } } return nil }) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return err } err = gz.Close() if err != nil { return err } err = tarball.Close() if err != nil { return err } return nil }