tarNdate

tarNdate.sh

#!/bin/bash -x
# 
# Name:         tarNdate
# Desc:         Wrap up a directory in a tar file with the directy's date.
# URL:          https://gist.github.com/lyndell/853a2ade7e579f281933
#               
# Author:       Lyndell Rottmann
# WWW:          http://Lyndell.US
# Copyright (c) 2015 Lyndell Rottmann
# 

set -x

if [ -z $1 ]
then
  echo "Please provide a directory.";
  exit 1;
fi

# TO-DO: remove trailing slash.

dir=$1
if [ ! -d $dir ]
then
  echo "$1 is not a directory."
  exit 3
fi

fil=${dir}.tar

if [ -e $fil ]
then
  echo "${fil} already exists."
  exit 2;
fi

# tar the directory
#
tar -cvf ${fil}  ${dir}



# change date to match direcory
#
# -r the original day, from the directory
touch -r ${dir}  ${fil} 


# delete directory
#
# Assuming Mac OS X
#
if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
  # 
  trash -v  $dir

  # show shiny new file
  # 
  open -R $fil
elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
  # ...
  echo "linux-gnu"
  trash -v  $dir

  # list shiny new file
  # 
  ls -gloh $fil
fi