Script to create a datestamped backup of your project

backupProject.sh

#!/bin/bash

src_dir="/c/MyProject"
base_tgt_dir="/d/MyProjectBackups"
current_date=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
tgt_dir="${base_tgt_dir}/${current_date}"

# If the target directory already exists, delete it first
if [ -d "$tgt_dir" ]; then
    rm -rf "$tgt_dir"
fi

# Recursively copy the source directory to the target directory with the current date
echo "Backing up from '$src_dir' to '$tgt_dir'"
cp -r "$src_dir" "$tgt_dir"
echo "The directory '$src_dir' has been copied to '$tgt_dir'"