Return to Revisions

I scripted these 2 commands:

gzipdir:

#!/bin/bash
if [[ -d $1 ]]; then
    cd $1
    cd ..
    base=$(basename $1)
    tar -zcvf $base.tgz $base
    if [[ $? == 0 && -f $base.tgz ]]; then
        rm -rf $base
    fi
else
    echo "Usage: $0 DIRECTORY";
fi

ungzipdir:

#!/bin/bash
if [[ -f $1 ]]; then
    base=${1%%.*}
    file=$(basename $1);
    dir=$(basename $base);
    if [[ ! -d $base ]]; then
        mkdir $base
        cd $base
        cd ..
        tar -xvf $file
        if [[ $? == 0 && -d $dir ]]; then
            rm -f $file
        fi
    else
        echo "Directory $base already exists. Nothing done."
    fi
else
    echo "Usage: $0 file.tgz";
fi

(!!!) Please test before use (as there is a 'rm -f' which could potentially remove important data if used in an uncommon way).

How to use

cd /home/; gzipdir MyDirectory or gzipdir /home/MyDirectory

Will create /home/MyDirectory.tgz and remove MyDirectory on success (!!!).

gunzipdir /home/MyDirectory.tgz

Will create /home/MyDirectory and remove /home/MyDirectory.tgz on success.