thingy_compress.sh

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 sourcefile=${1%/}
   3
   4 if [ ! -d "$sourcefile" ]
   5 then
   6     echo "$1 does not appear to be a directory."
   7     exit 1
   8 fi
   9
  10 timestamp=$(echo $(cat "$sourcefile/timestamp.txt") | sed 's/:/./g')
  11
  12 if [ -z "$timestamp" ]
  13 then
  14     echo "No timestamp?"
  15     exit 1
  16 fi
  17
  18 output="${sourcefile} - ${timestamp}.7z"
  19
  20 if [ -f "${output}" ]
  21 then
  22     echo "Target file ${output} already exists"
  23     exit 1
  24 fi
  25
  26 7z a -mx=9 "${output}" "${sourcefile}"