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make a .tar.gz snapshot of a specific minecraft world, and copy to dropbox dir
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make_minecraft_snapshot.sh
#!/bin/bash
save_dir="$HOME/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves"
dropbox_dir="$HOME/Dropbox/minecraft/world1_backups/"
dest_file=$( date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.tar.gz' )
world=$1
test -z "$world" && world=World1
cd "$save_dir"
target_size=$(du -sb "$world" | awk '{print $1}')
( tar -cf - "$world" | pv -N $dest_file -s $target_size | gzip ) > /tmp/$dest_file
mv -v /tmp/$dest_file "$dropbox_dir/"
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