#!/bin/csh -f #create an archive -val set COMP="gzip " # your compressor (e.g. gzip, compress) set PACK="tar -cf" set END="gz" # the ending added by your compressor (eg. z, Z, gz) set ECHO="echo" set CD="cd" set MV="mv" # ----------------------- $ECHO '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' $ECHO '-- Creating Complete Backup of the pdirt directory. --' $ECHO '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' $ECHO -n 'Current date: ' date $ECHO ' ' $ECHO -n 'Creating archive.. ' $CD ../../.. $PACK ds.tar DS $ECHO -n 'Compressing... ' $COMP ds.tar set DATE=`date '+%d%h'` set FILE=DS_$DATE.tar.gz if (-e $FILE) then echo There is an old archive with the same date! /bin/rm -i $FILE endif $MV ds.tar.$END $FILE $ECHO Done!