backupdir

#!/bin/bash

# usage examples:
#
#   backup the ~/bin folder minus large binary files:
#     $ backupbin
#
#   backup the entire ~/bin folder
#     $ backupbin all 
#

#=====================================================================
# main
#=====================================================================

BAK="$1"
DST="${2:-.}"
# DST="$(canonicalize_path "$(resolve_symlinks "$DST")")"
DST="$(realpath "$(realpath "$DST")")"
shift 1
shift 1
NAME="$(basename "$BAK")"
NAME="$NAME-`utcstamp`";
if [ ! -z "$LABEL" ]; then
  NAME="$NAME-$LABEL"
fi

BAK_DIR="$(dirname "$BAK")"
BAK_SUBDIR="$(basename "$BAK")"

# use $@ to pass in e.g. --exclude=path/some_subfolder
[ ! -d "$DST" ] && mkdir -p "$DST"
cat <<.
\$(cd "$BAK_DIR" ; tar $@ -czvf "$DST/$NAME.tar.gz" "$BAK_SUBDIR/")
.
$(cd "$BAK_DIR" ; tar $@ -czvf "$DST/$NAME.tar.gz" "$BAK_SUBDIR/")

echo "$NAME.tar.gz saved to $(dirname "$DST/$NAME.tar.gz")"