dotfiles/zsh/modules/archive/functions/archive
2018-04-05 13:06:54 +02:00

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#
# Creates archive files
#
local archive_name dir_to_archive
if (( ${#} != 2 )); then
print "usage: ${0} [archive_name.ext] [/path/to/include/in/archive]" >&2
return 1
fi
# we are quitting (above) if there are not exactly 2 vars,
# so we don't need any argc check here.
# strip the path, just in case one is provided for some reason
archive_name="${1:t}"
# use absolute paths, and follow symlinks
dir_to_archive="${2}"
# if the directory doesn't exist, quit. Nothing to archive
if [[ ! -e "${dir_to_archive}" ]]; then
print "${0}: file or directory not valid: ${dir_to_archive}" >&2
return 1
fi
# pigz and pbzip2 are aliased in the init.zsh file. This provides a significant speedup, resulting in a
# near-liner decrease in compression time based on on the number of available cores.
case "${archive_name}" in
(*.tar.gz|*.tgz) tar -cvf "${archive_name}" --use-compress-program="${_gzip_bin}" "${dir_to_archive}" ;;
(*.tar.bz2|*.tbz|*.tbz2) tar -cvf "${archive_name}" --use-compress-program="${_bzip2_bin}" "${dir_to_archive}" ;;
(*.tar.xz|*.txz) tar --xz --help &> /dev/null && tar -cvJf "${archive_name}" "${dir_to_archive}" ;;
(*.tar.lzma|*.tlz) tar --lzma --help &> /dev/null && tar -cvf "${archive_name}" --lzma "${dir_to_archive}" ;;
(*.tar) tar -cvf "${archive_name}" "${dir_to_archive}" ;;
(*.zip) zip -r "${archive_name}" "${dir_to_archive}" ;;
(*.rar) rar a "${archive_name}" "${dir_to_archive}" ;;
(*.7z) 7za a "${archive_name}" "${dir_to_archive}" ;;
(*.gz) print "${0}: .gz is only useful for single files, and does not capture permissions. Use .tar.gz" ;;
(*.bz2) print "${0}: .bzip2 is only useful for single files, and does not capture permissions. Use .tar.bz2" ;;
(*.xz) print "${0}: .xz is only useful for single files, and does not capture permissions. Use .tar.xz" ;;
(*.lzma) print "${0}: .lzma is only useful for single files, and does not capture permissions. Use .tar.lzma" ;;
(*) print "${0}: unknown archive type: ${archive_name}" ;;
esac