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v. 1.1.2 June, 2025 Alex Narvey / Precursor.ca

Reports on Arqbackup backup information

Retrieves information from the most recent log file /Library/Logs/ArqAgent/backup.

The following information is stored in the table:

• Version - The Arq.app version
• Source - Name of source (v6 = source volume. v7 = source folder)
• Destination - Name of destination
• Completed - Timestamp of last run
• Amount - Amount in MB, GB or TB (v6 = total backed up. v7 = amount of last backup)
• Stored - Amount in MB, GB or TB of data stored after cleanup
• Error - Error message (the first error message, if any)
• Status = Marked as 'error' if there is an error (for easier search in MR.)

Notes

An output file is only created if the Arq.app exists in the /Applications folder. The output file is removed if the Arq.app no longer exists so that new records will not be created.

Current

Current refers to backups run within the last 24 hours

Stale

Stale refers to backups more than 24 hours old

Errors

Errors is independent of whether the backup is fresh or stale.

Updates

• June 3, 2025 Version 1.1.2 Improved reporting of total storage when delivered in bytes and ajdusted json for packagist compatibility
• January 13, 2025 Version 1.1.0 Added a field for 'stored' = total of stored data after cleanup.
• June 26, 2022 Version 1.0.9 Corrections to script. Capitalization of lables and proper spelling of 'Arq Backup' instead of 'ARQbackup'.
• October 22, 2021 Version 1.0.8 Support for new log format of complete, and more efficient script exit when not needed.
• March 4, 2021 Version 1.0.7 Support for Arq 7. Source now reports source folder instead of volume. Amount now reports last backup amount.
• January 16, 2021 Version 1.0.6 Improvements to calculations - extra square brackets for if statements and MB now to 1 decimal point.
• January 8, 2021 Version 1.0.5 Improve calculation of Amount for TB in 3 decimals, and GB and MB to 2 decimal points.
• January 6, 2021 Version 1.0.4 Fix for proper display of "tardy" or stale reports.
• December 29, 2020 Version 1.0.3 Listing view now shows TimeStamp as a readable date.
• December 28, 2020 Version 1.0.2 Script can now handle spaces in Source name and amounts less than 1 GB.
• December 21, 2020 Version 1.0.1 Made changes and modifications for efficienty suggested by John Eberle (Tuxudo)
• December 21, 2020 Version 1.0

Contributors

• Alex Narvey

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