#!/bin/bash
# backup.sh - Backup directory to compressed tar archive
#
# Copyright (C) 2025 Coffey Labs
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
# Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
# for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
# with this program. If not, see .
#
# Usage: backup.sh
# Description: Creates a tar.gz archive of the source directory in the destination.
set -euo pipefail
SRC="${1:-}"
DEST="${2:-}"
if [ -z "$SRC" ] || [ -z "$DEST" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 "
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -d "$SRC" ]; then
echo "Source directory '$SRC' not found!"; exit 1
fi
if [ ! -d "$DEST" ]; then
# create destination dir if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p "$DEST" || { echo "Failed to create destination '$DEST'"; exit 1; }
fi
base_name="$(basename "$SRC")"
# Seconds, not just the date. The old %Y%m%d name meant a second run on
# the same day silently overwrote the first -- losing a good backup at
# the exact moment someone was trying to take another one.
date_str="$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
archive_name="${base_name}-backup-${date_str}.tar.gz"
archive_path="$DEST/$archive_name"
if [ -e "$archive_path" ]; then
echo "Refusing to overwrite existing archive: $archive_path"
exit 1
fi
# Write to a partial name and rename only on success, so an interrupted
# run cannot leave a truncated file sitting there looking like a backup.
tmp_path="${archive_path}.partial"
trap 'rm -f -- "$tmp_path"' EXIT
if tar -czf "$tmp_path" -C "$(dirname "$SRC")" "$base_name"; then
mv -- "$tmp_path" "$archive_path"
trap - EXIT
echo "Backup successful: $archive_path"
ls -lh -- "$archive_path"
else
echo "Backup failed for $SRC" >&2
exit 1
fi