Backup folder script

backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

DATE=`date +%y%m%d-%H%M`
WORKDIR=/srv/daemon-data/
BACKUPDIR=/srv/backups

echo
echo "> Starting backup"

backup() {
    filename="$BACKUPDIR/$1-$DATE.tar.gz"
    echo "  * Backing up '$1/'..."
    tar -cpzf $filename $1/ \
      && echo "  + Backup $1/ successful. Location: $filename" \
      || echo "  ! Backup $1/ failed! Skipping folder..."
}

shopt -s dotglob
find $WORKDIR/* -prune -type d | while IFS= read -r d; do 
    backup $d
done

echo "> Backup done!"
echo