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jonbalbarin / backup2dropbox.sh
Created November 30, 2011 17:20
a bash script for backing up the current directory to dropbox
#!/bin/bash
if [[ $1 ]]
then
BACKUP_ARCHIVE=$(basename $(pwd))_$(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")_\(${1// /-}\).tar.gz
echo "backing up to "$BACKUP_ARCHIVE
tar -czf $BACKUP_ARCHIVE .
cp -pv $BACKUP_ARCHIVE ~/Dropbox/Backups
rm -v $BACKUP_ARCHIVE
echo done
else
@jonbalbarin
jonbalbarin / backup2dropbox.sh
Created June 30, 2014 12:26
compress current directory and move it to a backups folder in dropbox
#!/bin/bash
BASE_PATH=/tmp/$(basename $(pwd))_$(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
BACKUP_ARCHIVE=$BASE_PATH.tar.gz
else
BACKUP_ARCHIVE="$BASE_PATH"_\(${1// /-}\).tar.gz
fi