rcmorguetar.sh

#!/bin/bash

#cron job
#*/5 * * * /path/to/script

RCFILE_ARCHIVE=/path/to/rcfile/gzip
MORGUE_ARCHIVE=/path/to/morgue/gzip

# base is the parent directory of rcfiles/ or morgue/
# files is a newline separated list of rcfiles/neil.rc or morgue/neil.txt files
rc_base=$(find $(pwd) -name 'rcfiles' -type d | sed 's/rcfiles$//')
morgue_base=$(find $(pwd) -name 'morgue' -type d | sed 's/morgue$//')

rc_files=$(find $rc_base -name '*.rc' -type f | sed 's/^.*rcfiles/rcfiles/')
morgue_files=$(find $morgue_base -name '*.txt' -type f | sed 's/^.*morgue/morgue/')

if [[ -f $RCFILE_ARCHIVE && -f $MORGUE_ARCHIVE ]]
then
    xargs tar czf $RCFILE_ARCHIVE/rcfiles.tar.gz -C $rc_base $rc_files;
    xargs tar czf $MORGUE_ARCHIVE/morgues.tar.gz -C $morgue_base $morgue_files;
fi