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bash: script to tar up a bunch of sub-dir separately

first time trying this in a script, and in succession, so I am lacking in understanding how tar actually works in that situation.

my script

Code:

#!/bin/bash



#set -xv



#read -p "Enter Working Dir path. " path

path="/run/media/userx/1TB/Adam & The Ants"

cd "$path"

echo $(pwd)

#get all sub dir in parent dir to tar up separately

mapfile -t tars < <(find . -type d)



to="${path%/*}/JustCreated-Tars-Gzs"



mkdir -pv "$to"



for i in ${tars[@]} ;

do

#remove leading ./

    targz="${i#*/}".tar.gz 

    tardir="${i#*/}"

    tar -zcvf "$targz" "$tardir"

    mv -v "$targz" "$to"

    echo "NEXT"

    echo;echo;echo;echo

    unset targz

    unset tardir

  exit  

done

it does not even tar one sub dir then exit. It just keeps going tarting all of them into one, and then changes its name.

part of the output as it is a too much to post.

Code:

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/8. A.N.T.S. [Unreleased].mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/21. Friend Or Foe [Single].mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/14. Friend Or Foe (Alt. Version).mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/4. Killer In The Home.mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/20. Man Called Marco.mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/19. Desperate But Not Serious [Single].mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/6. Magnificent Five (Alternate Mix).mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/18. Zydyco [Unreleased].mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/CD2/13. Stand And Deliver [Single].mp3

./2001 Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story]/Adam & The Ants - AntBox [The Definitive Story] Back.jpg

tar: .: file changed as we read it

renamed '..tar.gz' -> '/run/media/userx/1TB/JustCreated-Tars-Gzs/..tar.gz'

then the last it changes the name from what is suppose to be the sub dir name to that ..tar.gz When it is suppose to be each sub dir in its own tar file.

changed it to,

Code:

to="/run/media/userx/1TB/JustCreated-Tars-Gzs"



mkdir -pv "$to"



for dir in `find . -maxdepth 1 -type d  | grep -v "^\.$" `; do tar -cvzf "${dir}".tar.gz "${dir}"; done

for dir in ./*.tar.gz ; do mv -v  "$dir" "$to" ; done

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx (Post 6013104)

first time trying this in a script, and in succession, so I am lacking in understanding how tar actually works in that situation.

tar works.

How tar already does work. And it's the inputs you've given it which yield the undesired result. However I think you've already reached this conclusion.

As tar has evolved:

You no longer need the dash to pre-pend the command.
You no longer need the z option, and instead the output filename extension will cause tar to detect that you wish to use gzip.
Sometimes it is helpful to designate a directory to place the resultant tar files as opposed to the same location as the original files. This because when people use wildcards, it can involve the tar file itself.

Glad to see you found a solution :)

Your original for loop was of an array which should ALWAYS be quoted unless you have good reason for not doing so, and seeing you have not linux friendly file names
this would also cause issues

I changed it to use an array like I orginally wanted to do.

Code:

TarGzUpFiles()

{

chto=${PathArray[0]}

chto=${chto%/*}

#change to that dir

cd $chto

echo $(pwd)

for dir in ${PathArray[*]##*/} ; do  tarme=$dir.tar.gz ; dir1=${dir##*/} ; echo "$tarme  $dir1" ; tar cvf "$tarme" "$dir1" ; done

for dir in ./*.tar.gz ; do mv -v  "$dir" "$FinalTarGzDest" ; done

}