BK_FULLPATH="${BK_LOCATION}BACKUP_${DATETIME}.tar.bz2"
tar -cjf "$BK_FULLPATH" "$BK_LIST"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 ${PARAM}"
fi
fi
doneif [ ! -n "$BK_LIST" ];
then
exit 0
else #this else branch exists for debugging purposes
echo "You have chosen to backup: $BK_LIST"
fiBK_FULLPATH="${BK_LOCATION} BACKUP_${DATETIME}.tar.bz2"
tar -cjf $BK_FULLPATH $BK_LIST
--Regards,
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