Magento Tar Directory Script

tar_mage_directory.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo "//////////////////////////  MAGENTO TAR  ////////////////////////////"

date
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
excludefilename="$DIR/exclude_files.txt"
day=$(date +%A)
path=$1

while :
do
	if   [ -d "${path}" ]
		then
		break
	elif [ -f "${path}" ]
		then echo "${path} is a file, please supply a directory"
		read path
	else echo "${path} not a valid path, please try again"
		echo "usage without prompts: ./tar_mage_directory.sh directory ctrl-c aborts"
	  read path
	fi
done

newvar=${path%/}

`cat << EOF > $excludefilename
.DS_Store
./var/cache/*
*.log
./dev/*
./var/log/*
./stylenotes/*
./var/*
./includes/src/*
./media/catalog/product/cache/*
./media/tmp/*
./media/catalog/cache/*
EOF
`

file="$DIR/magento-backup-$day.tar.gz"

echo "Creating archive of $path"
CMD=`tar -X $excludefilename -zcvf $file -C $path .`

date
echo "/////////////////////////   MAGENTO TAR END    ////////////////////////////"
echo "to copy this file to another server that you have ssh access to use scp for example:"
echo "scp $file user@host:/host/destination/path"