bash脚本Linux不存在如何将文件压缩到文件夹

Question

I want to zip a folder to a directory which does not exist. Similar as

zip -r /home/unExistFolder/test.zip /home/logFolder

If there's no such folder, then create folder. If there's folder, just put into it.

How can I realize that?

Answer 1

 newDir="/path/with spaces/to/archive"

 if ! [[ -d "$newDir" ]] ; then
     mkdir -p "$newDir"
 fi
 zip  -r /home/unExistFolder/test.zip "$newDir"

Some versions of zip may offer an "I'll make the directory if it doesn't exist" feature/option, but if you want something that will always work, this is your best bet.

I've made newDir equal to "/path/with spaces/to/archive" to remind you that if you don't dbl-quote your usage of variables, you'll get mysterious error messages. While there are a few occasions where you don't want to dbl-quote a variable, usually you should dbl-quote all variable usage in shell scripting.

IHTH