zipas - ensure .zip file contains an outer wrapper folder

A trivial bash script to create a .zip file where everything's in
a top-level folder. Saves creating a folder temporarily, and copying
/ linking things into it:

#!/bin/sh

if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then cat <<EOF

usage: $0 <wrapper-folder> <target files>

e.g. zipas jul0907 *.c
EOF
else

  PATHNAME="$1"

  HEADNAME=${PATHNAME%%/*}  # i.e 'foo' from 'foo/bar/inner'

  if [ -a "$HEADNAME" ]; then

    echo "ERROR: '$HEADNAME' exists"
  else
    shift
    mkdir -p $PATHNAME

    for i in $@; do
      ln -s "$PWD/$i" "$PATHNAME/$i"
    done
    zip -r $HEADNAME.zip $HEADNAME

    rm -rf "$HEADNAME"
  fi
fi

posted at: 15:01 |
path: /code/bash |
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