daily_Archive

#!/usr/bin/bash
# Daily Archive - Archive designated files and directoies

DATE=$(date +%y%m%d)

FILE=archive$DATE.tar.gz

# config file and destination file

CONFIG_FILE=/archive/Files_To_Backup
DESTINATION=/archive/$FILE

########MAIN SCRIPT##########

if [ -f $CONFIG_FILE ]
then
	echo
else
	echo
	echo "$CONFIG_FILE does not exist"
	echo "Backup not completed due to missing Configuration File"
	echo
	exit
fi

# Building the names of all files to backup

FILE_NO=1
exec < $CONFIG_FILE

read FILE_NAME

while [ $? -eq 0 ]
do
	if [ -f $FILE_NAME -o -d $FILE_NAME ]
	then
		FILE_LIST="$FILE_LIST $FILE_NAME"
		else
			echo
			echo "$FILE_NAME, does not exist."
			echo "Obviously, I will not include it in this archive."
			echo "It is not listed on line $FILE_NO of the config file."
			echo "Continuing to build archive list..."
			echo
	fi

	FILE_NO=$[$FILE_NO + 1]
	read FILE_NAME
done

#######################################################

# Backup and Compressing Archive files

echo "Starting archive..."
echo

tar -czf $DESTINATION $FILE_LIST 2> /dev/null

echo
echo "Archive completed"
echo "Resulting archive file is : $DESTINATION"
echo

exit