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+<?php
+/*
+	FusionPBX
+	Version: MPL 1.1
+
+	The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
+	1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+	the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+	http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+
+	Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+	WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
+	for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
+	License.
+
+	The Original Code is FusionPBX
+
+	The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
+	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
+	Copyright (C) 2010-2014
+	All Rights Reserved.
+
+	Contributor(s):
+	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
+*/
+include "root.php";
+
+//define the backup class
+	if (!class_exists('backup')) {
+		class backup {
+			//variables
+			public $result;
+			public $domain_uuid;
+
+			public function command($type, $format) {
+				global $db;
+				if ($type == "backup") {
+					$backup_path = ($_SESSION['server']['backup']['path'] != '') ? $_SESSION['server']['backup']['path'] : '/tmp';
+					$backup_file = 'backup_'.date('Ymd_His').'.'.$file_format;
+					if (count($_SESSION['backup']['path']) > 0) {
+						//determine compression method
+						switch ($format) {
+							case "rar" : $cmd = 'rar a -ow -r '; break;
+							case "zip" : $cmd = 'zip -r '; break;
+							case "tbz" : $cmd = 'tar -jvcf '; break;
+							default : $cmd = 'tar -zvcf ';
+						}
+						$cmd .= $backup_path.'/'.$backup_file.' ';
+						foreach ($_SESSION['backup']['path'] as $value) {
+							$cmd .= $value.' ';
+						}
+						return $cmd;
+					}
+					else {
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+				if ($type == "restore") {
+					$backup_path = ($_SESSION['server']['backup']['path'] != '') ? $_SESSION['server']['backup']['path'] : '/tmp';
+					$backup_file = 'backup_'.date('Ymd_His').'.'.$file_format;
+					if (count($_SESSION['backup']['path']) > 0) {
+						switch ($format) {
+							case "rar" : $cmd = 'rar x -ow -o+ '.$backup_path.'/'.$backup_file.' /'; break;
+							case "zip" : $cmd = 'umask 755; unzip -o -qq -X -K '.$backup_path.'/'.$backup_file.' -d /'; break;
+							case "tbz" : $cmd = 'tar -xvpjf '.$backup_path.'/'.$backup_file.' -C /'; break;
+							case "tgz" : $cmd = 'tar -xvpzf '.$backup_path.'/'.$backup_file.' -C /'; break;
+							default: $valid_format = false;
+						}
+						return $cmd;
+					}
+					else {
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+?>
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