Bash-TarTime

Simple tool for compressing files to an auto timestamped bz2 archive.

Note: I use this script for my own projects, it contains only the features I need.

Table of Contents

Installation | Features | Test | Contributing | License

Installation

Requires: a Debian/Ubuntu version of linux and a Bash version ~4.4.

1. Download a release or clone this repository.
2. Use scripts/install.sh to automatically install the application in the /opt/oju/bash project folder.
3. If needed, add PATH="$PATH:/opt/oju/bash/bin" to the .profile files.

Features

This tool is a wrapper to the tar command. It allows you to compress files to an auto timestamped bz2 archive.

Usage: tartime.sh <destination> <source1> [source2] ...

  <destination>   Destination archive: destination-hostname-YYYYMMDD_HHMM.tar.bz2.
  <source>        Source to compress.

Test

As this tool is just a wrapper to the tar command, I didn't write any line of 'unit test' code. Sorry.

Contributing

Thanks you for taking the time to contribute. Please fork the repository and make changes as you'd like.

As I use these scripts for my own projects, they contain only the features I need. But If you have any ideas, just open an issue and tell me what you think. Pull requests are also warmly welcome.

If you encounter any bugs, please open an issue.

Be sure to include a title and clear description,as much relevant information as possible, and a code sample or an executable test case demonstrating the expected behavior that is not occurring.

License

This project is open-source and is licensed under the MIT License.