My simple workspace dir backup

backup.zsh

#!/usr/local/bin/zsh -l
echo "$(date) - start - $(basename $0)"
cd ~ || return
BACKUPLIST=~/backuplist
BACKUPDIR=~/Downloads/Backup
WORKSPACE=$BACKUPDIR/workspace.tgz
TARGET=/Volumes/j\$/Apps/Mac
IN=( dotfiles iTerm2-Color-Schemes mac-cli mathias Menlo-for-Powerline node_modules Notes paulirish skwp "Library/Application Support" Library/Preferences Library/Safari Documents/Alfred "Calibre Library" Library/QuickLook Library/Containers Library/PreferencePanes workspace/test_inet)

EX=('Cask' 'Dash' 'Google' 'Code' 'CrossOver' 'Spotify' '.npm' 'Firefox' 'Code' 'com.docker.docker' 'Plex Media Server' 'com.rockysandstudio.Leaf')
EX=(${^EX}/\*)
T=(--exclude)
EXC=(${T:^^EX})

ls -1d  *(.) .* |  grep -Ev "zcompdump|.zwc|.docker|.Trash|.vscode|.gradle|.rvm|.expo|.cache|.android" > $BACKUPLIST
#fd -tf -d1 . -E'*.zwc' >> $BACKUPLIST

echo ${(j:\n:)IN}>> $BACKUPLIST

echo "Backing up to $WORKSPACE"
rm $WORKSPACE

gtar zcf $WORKSPACE -P "${EXC[@]}" -T $BACKUPLIST

#gtar zcf $WORKSPACE -P "${EXC[@]}" "${IN[@]}" $DOTFILES $REGULAR_FILES

echo "Dumping brewfile"
brew bundle dump --force --file=$BACKUPDIR/Brewfile

echo Dumping apps
ls -1 /Applications > $BACKUPDIR/Applications

echo copying to remote location $TARGET
[[ -d $TARGET ]] && \cp -fr $BACKUPDIR $TARGET || echo "Error: $TARGET not found or not mounted"

echo "$(date) - end - $(basename $0)"