Bash script to backup a web front-end project to a timestamped .tar.gz archive.

backup_js_project.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  echo Expected: 1 arg which is the directory to backup.
  exit 1
fi
 
project=$1
if [ ! -d "$project" ]; then
  echo Directory not found: $project
  exit 2
fi
 
timestamp=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
filename=$project-$timestamp.tar.gz
 
echo Creating archive: $filename
tar --exclude='node_modules' --exclude='bower_components' --exclude="build" -czf $filename $project
 
file_size=`du -h "$filename" | cut -f1`
echo Archive file size is $file_size.
echo Done!