folder archiver

bin/archive_subfolders

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+../files/archive_subfolders

files/archive_subfolders

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+function helpexit() {
+    echo Archive the subfolders of the current directory
+    echo "  -z  Compress. If not passed, will ask after tar archive"
+    exit
+}
+
+[[ "$1" = "-h" ]] && helpexit
+
+echo Archive the following folders:
+
+find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | sort |  tr \\n " "
+echo ''
+echo '<ctrl-c> to quit'
+read foo
+
+
+find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | sort | while read -r -d "" d; do
+  echo -n $d
+  tar cvf "$d.tar" $d > "$d.tar.txt" &
+  PID=$!
+  while kill -0 "$PID" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+    sleep 5
+    echo -en "\r"
+    ls -sh "$d.tar" | xargs echo -n
+  done
+  echo -en "\r"
+  ls -sh "$d.tar" 
+done
+[[ "$1" = "-z" ]] || {
+    echo 'Proceed to compress? <ctrl-c> to quit'
+    read foo
+}
+
+find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | sort | while read -r -d "" d; do
+  ls -sh "$d.tar"
+  gzip "$d.tar" 
+  PID=$!
+  while kill -0 "$PID" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+    sleep 5
+    echo -en "\r"
+    ls -sh "$d.tar" | xargs echo -n
+  done
+  echo -en "\r"
+  ls -sh "$d.tar" 
+done
+