fixed some issues... new folder gets generated with date stamp

diff --git a/archive.zsh b/archive.zsh
index 9c17d53e6b06d37cd4d435b58d257f1f31b2aa72..3b65cb868d603fb29860404a9176bd97f67b1cfe 100755 (executable)
--- a/archive.zsh
+++ b/archive.zsh
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/zsh
 
 backup_dir="/Users/jml/Desktop/sonogarden_backup"
+date=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 
 echo "------------------------------"
 echo " "
-echo "back up dir is: " $backup_dir
-
-if [ -d $backup_dir ]
-then
-  echo 'found a previously existing backup dir; removing contents...'
-  rm -rf $backup_dir/*
-else
-  echo 'creating backup directory'
-  mkdir $backup_dir
-fi
+echo "creating backup directory: ${backup_dir}_$date"
+mkdir "${backup_dir}_$date"
 
 echo " "
 echo "------------syncing backup dir"
 echo " "
-rsync -av --exclude=".gitignore" --exclude ".git" --exclude="*.sh" --exclude="archive.zsh" --exclude="misc" --exclude="notes" --exclude="old" $PWD/ $backup_dir
+rsync -av --exclude=".gitignore" --exclude ".git" --exclude="*.sh" --exclude="archive.zsh" --exclude="misc" --exclude="notes" --exclude="old" $PWD/ ${backup_dir}_$date
 
 echo " "
-echo "------------archive complete.  Please see" $backup_dir "for details."
+echo "------------archive complete.  Please see" ${backup_dir}_$date "for details."