#!/bin/bash

###############################

#

# Create easily backups of

# files and directories

#

# written by Martin Scharm

# see http://binfalse.de

#

###############################

if [ $# -ne 1 ]

then

echo "Usage: `basename $0` [FILE/DIR TO BACKUP]"

exit 1

fi

if [ ! -r $1 ]

then

echo "$1 is not readable"

exit 1

fi

DATE=`date +"%F_%H-%M-%S"`

BACKUP=${1%/}_$DATE

function do_not_overwrite

{

if [ -e $1 ]

then

out="$1 exists, please try again later..."

for i in $(seq ${#out}); do echo -n 'v'; done; echo

echo "$out"

for i in $(seq ${#out}); do echo -n '^'; done; echo

exit 1

fi

}

if [ ! -d $1 ]

then

do_not_overwrite $BACKUP

cp $1 $BACKUP

else

BACKUP=$BACKUP.tgz

do_not_overwrite $BACKUP

tar czf $BACKUP $1

fi

if [ $? -eq 0 ]

then

echo "DONE! BackUp to File: $BACKUP"

exit 0

else

echo "FAILED!!"

exit 1

fi