Hi,

Since you are new to scripting then Bash Beginners Guide.
The Bash Reference Manual
 will provide useful detail.
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide will lead you to further work and investigation.

So to answer your question, I would suggest all three. Other links that I provided will be of use to extend your Gnu/Linux experience.




Well with of help from a friend ( can't thank him enough ) I have came to this...

#/bin/bash

clear
date=$(date +%y%m%d)

echo "Making Backup Directory for $date..."
mkdir "$date"

echo "Backing up LOG files to $date..."
for i in *.log
do
cp "$i" "$date/"
done

echo "Compressing backup files for $date..."
tar cvzf "$date.tar.gz" "$date"

clear
echo "==================================="
echo " Backup Complete "
echo "-----------------------------------"
date
echo "==================================="

echo "Files backed up:"
tar -ztvf "$date.tar.gz"


All i need to do now i change it from making a directory to using the directory "weekXX" instead of it making a new directory.
Could anyone help with that?

You can remove your loop and just have

Also, it's always a good idea not to use the name of commands as variable names either (eg "date") - can cause lots of confusion in the future!

Hi,
It would be best if you place the code snippets with the code tags # at the top of the reply window. This way your post is cleaner and easier to read. Notice the bash within code & quote for the whole reply above. Please use it to help us help you.

You do need to use unique names whenever writing code, be it scripting or other forms of code development. Uniqueness insures no conflicts or confusion(s).

Re your 'specificity' qn, out of all the things you've been recommended (all good btw) I'd say Rute guide is prob the best tutorial for beginners as far as example progs go. Some of the the otheres tend to just show individual techniques ie more of a ref than a tutorial. Nonetheless, have a look at them all and borrow bits as they suit you.
Also, in general, don't try to solve an entire task all in one go, break it down into small bits that need doing and play with cmds to just do each bit, then put them together later.
This is an HTML version of the man (manual) pages; easy to search http://linux.die.net/man/

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Very much appreciated chrism01.

Looks like I have enough reading for a life time on bash alone.

Hi,

Baby steps at first then you'll be walking in no time.

I've been in this field for years and still learn something new daily!