#!/bin/bash # backup.sh - Backup directory to compressed tar archive # # Copyright (C) 2025 LINUXexpert.org # # 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. 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")" date_str="$(date +%Y%m%d)" archive_name="${base_name}-backup-${date_str}.tar.gz" tar -czf "$DEST/$archive_name" -C "$(dirname "$SRC")" "$base_name" if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "Backup successful: $DEST/$archive_name" else echo "Backup failed for $SRC" fi