Simple back up script problem

[student557]

Hey guys i was just having trouble with a backup script im suppose to write, its suppose to be a backup script that has 2 arugments which backs up directories

so far ive done this but im having trouble putting a second argument in , was wonder if any one could help me out with the script? or show me a simple backup script that has two arguments

thanks in advance


#!bin/bash
DIRECTORIES=$1
BACKUPDIR=$2
Clear
Echo “------------------------------------------“ >> /log.txt
Echo “ “ >> /log.txt
Echo “Date of backup made:” >> /log.txt
echo “ ” ;date > thelog.txt
echo “Backup made by $USER” >> /thelog.txt
echo “The files are backed up to $2.tgz” >> /log.txt
find $1 -mtime -1 –type f –print | tar –zcvf $2.tgz –T - >> /log.txt
echo “Backup Successful” >> /log.txt
exit

[tpl]

welcome to the forum

because tar seems not to have a "-I" option--read
files to archive from standard input, the best I
can do is use an auxiliary file, thus:

find $1 -atime +1 -type f -print > N
tar czvf $2.tgz -T N
rm N

note also you are not consistent in referring to
the log file.