BK_FULLPATH="${BK_LOCATION}/BACKUP_${DATETIME}.tar.bz2"
tar -cjf "$BK_FULLPATH" "$BK_LIST"
Il giorno 21 aprile 2012 10:07, Soare Catalin <lolinux.so...@gmail.com> ha
scritto:
> Hello fellow Linux supporters!
>
> I apologise if this specific thread is off topic to this mailing list.
>
> I've been having problems with a backup script and am not sure how to make
> this work.
> So far, Mr. Google hasn't helped me much -- maybe my search terms have
> been as dumb as I'm feeling right now.
>
> The script will take files or dirs as parameters and will back them up in
> a presefined location, using tar. Problems arise when it will encounter
> files or directories which contain spaces in their names.
> Would anyone be kind enough to tell me where I went wrong with my approach?
>
> Script is below:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> #Init stuff DATETIME=`date +%Y_%m_%d.%H_%M` BK_LOCATION="/mnt/work/backup/"
> BK_LIST=""
>
> #Test parameters. If dirs and files do exist, add them to a list # that
> will be used as parameters for the tar command.
> for PARAM in "$@";
> do
> if [ -d "$PARAM" ];
> then #is it an existing directory?
> BK_LIST="$BK_LIST ${PARAM}"
> else
> if [ -f "$PARAM" ]; then #is it an existing file?
> BK_LIST="$BK_LIST ${PARAM}"
> fi
> fi
> done
>
> if [ ! -n "$BK_LIST" ];
> then
> exit 0
> else #this else branch exists for debugging purposes
> echo "You have chosen to backup: $BK_LIST"
> fi
>
> BK_FULLPATH="${BK_LOCATION} BACKUP_${DATETIME}.tar.bz2"
>
> tar -cjf $BK_FULLPATH $BK_LIST
>
> --Regards,
> Sent from my Brick (TM)
>
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