archive.sh

This is a bash script to backup directories in tar.bzip2 format giving a meaningful name to the archive.
It takes two parameters: <path> and (optionally) <name>. <path> is the directory that will be compressed to an archive which will named <name>_<date>.tbz2.
If <name> isn't specified, <path> will be passed throught sed "s:/$::" to remove trailing slash and used as archive name.
Of course, <name> can be a path (ex. if <name> is /path/to/file, the full path of archive will be /path/to/file_<date>.tbz2).
<date> is the result of

date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"

#!/bin/bash
 
#
# archive.sh
#
# ~redShadow~ - http://hackzine.org
# redshadow at hackzine dot org
# Under GPL
#
 
OK="\033[0m[\033[1;32m  OK  \033[0m]"
FAILED="\033[0m[\033[1;31mFAILED\033[0m]"
 
 
if [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <path> [<name>]"
  exit 0
fi
 
DIRPATH="$1"
if [ "$DIRPATH" == "" ]; then
  echo "You must specify a valid path!"
  exit 1
fi
 
DATE1="$( /bin/date +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S" )"
DATE="$( /bin/date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S" )"
 
if [ "$2" != "" ]; then
  NAME="$2"
else
  NAME="$(echo "$1" | sed 's:/$::')"
fi
 
OUTNAME="${NAME}_${DATE}.tbz2"
LOGFILE="/tmp/archive_${DATE}.log"
 
echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"
echo -e "  \033[1;33m..The Archiver..\033[0m"
echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"
echo -e "\033[1;37m     Directory:\033[0m $DIRPATH"
echo -e "\033[1;37m          Date:\033[0m $DATE1"
echo -e "\033[1;37m  Archive name:\033[0m $OUTNAME"
echo -e "\033[1;37m       LogFile:\033[0m $LOGFILE"
echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"
echo -n "  Creating Archive...                                 "
tar cjvf "$OUTNAME" "$DIRPATH" &>$LOGFILE && echo -e "$OK" || echo -e "$FAILED"
#cat $LOGFILE
# rm $LOGFILE
echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"

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