#!/bin/bash
function backup()
  {
  conf=`cat /etc/runbackup.conf |grep ":$x:"`
  id=`echo $conf |cut -d':' -f'2'`
  name=`echo $conf |cut -d':' -f'3'`
  loca=`echo $conf |cut -d':' -f'4'`
  if [ -z $name ]|[ ! -e "$loca" ]|[ -z $id ]; then
     echo "Skipping entry $id: invalid conf entry" 
     exit 0
  else 
     date=`date +'%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S'`
     tar czvf /tmp/$name\_$date.tar.gz $loca
  fi
  }
if [ ! -f "/etc/runbackup.conf" ]; then
   echo "Please create /etc/runbackup.conf"
   echo ":1:pick_name:dir_loc"
   exit 0
fi
if [ "$1" == "A" ]; then
   entry=`cat /etc/runbackup.conf |grep ':.:' -c`
   x=0
   while [ $x -lt $entry ]; do
     let x=x+1
     backup
   done
else 
   while [ $# != 0 ]; do
     x=$1
     backup $@
     shift
   done
fi