README.md

Manual Rotate Script

It's a simple file or directory rotation script. Just set up the 2 variables (OBJECT and ROTATE) and run the script.

Example Usage

OBJECT="backup.tar.bz2" ROTATE=7 bash manualrotate.sh

manualrotate.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ -e $OBJECT ]
then
	mv $OBJECT $OBJECT.0
	if [ -e $OBJECT.$ROTATE ]; then rm $OBJECT.$ROTATE; fi

	for (( i = $ROTATE; i > 1; i-- ))
	do
		if [ -e $OBJECT.$((i-1)) ] && [ ! -e $OBJECT.$((i)) ] && [ -e $OBJECT.$((i-2)) ]; then mv $OBJECT.$((i-1)) $OBJECT.$i; fi
	done

	mv $OBJECT.0 $OBJECT.1
fi