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  1. Open terminal
  2. Drop the folder where you want to keep the script in the terminal window
  3. Type "touch backup_script" and hit enter

Now, every time you want to run a backup, open your terminal and drop the script into the window and hit enter.

nb// the folder locations are hardcoded and it's not automatic (run it manually each day)

#!/bin/bash

echo Hey Will, copying your files now...

TIME=`date +%b-%d-%y`
FILENAME=backup-$TIME.tar.gz
SRCDIR=~/Google\ Drive/PwC
DESDIR=~/Documents/backups

tar -cpzf $DESDIR/$FILENAME "$SRCDIR"

echo Hey Will, all done...
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