A script that will backup all files located in the current directory to a backup directory. Useful for school projects. Run "sh ./backup-setup.sh" to install. Then restart your terminal and now run "backup" to backup your project.

backup-setup.sh

echo "[EZBackup] Installing..."
cat > ~/backup.sh <<- EOM
#!/bin/bash
function backup() {
    if [ \$PWD = \$HOME ]; then
        echo "[EZBackup] ERROR: Your current directory is your home directory. Please change to a different directory before running this script."
        return 1
    fi
    if [ \${PWD##*/} = "backups" ]; then
        echo "[EZBackup] ERROR: Your current directory is the backups directory. Please change to a different directory before running this script."
        return 1
    fi
    doBackup=false
    if [ ! -d "./backups" ]; then
        echo -e "[EZBackup] '\${PWD##*/}' has never been backed up!\n[EZBackup] Would you like to backup '\${PWD##*/}' now? (y/n)"
        read answer
        if [[ \$answer = "y" || \$answer = "Y" ]]; then
            doBackup=true
        else
            echo "[EZBackup] Canceled backup."
            return 1
        fi
    else
        doBackup=true
    fi

    if [ \$doBackup ]; then
        folder=\$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%T") # folder name is the current date and time
        mkdir -p backups # create the "backups" folder if it doesn't exist
        mkdir -p backups/\${folder} # create the folder for the current backup
        cp *.* backups/\${folder} # copy all files and folders to the backup folder

        echo "[EZBackup] Backup complete. Saved to ./backups/\${folder}/"
    fi
}
EOM

echo "\nsource ~/backup.sh" >> ~/.bashrc

echo "[EZBackup] Done! Please restart your terminal and run 'backup' to start backing up your project."

rm -- "$0"