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Script to archive a macOS application.
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archive-application.sh
#!/bin/zsh -ef
set -x
app="$1"
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/1665662/6372
space_version=$(/usr/local/bin/launch -f "$1" |
sed -e 's/^ version: \(.*\) \[.*/ \1/; t' \
-e 's/^ version: \(.*\)/ \1/; t' \
-e 'd')
year=${${(s/-/)$(/usr/bin/mdls -raw -name kMDItemContentCreationDate "$1")}[1]}
archive="/Volumes/BanjoArchive/Software/$year/${app:t:r}${space_version}.zip"
/usr/bin/ditto -kc --keepParent "$app" "$archive"
/usr/bin/open -R "$archive"
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