Fixed issue with log file, apparently rsync doesn't like it being in quotes

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/backup b/backup
index c985399..42bbdbf 100755
--- a/backup
+++ b/backup
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 LOG_DIR="$HOME/rsync_logs"
 LOG_FILE="$LOG_DIR/$(date --iso-8601).log"
 
-RSYNC_OPTS="-aP --no-owner --delete-during --exclude='lost+found' --log-file='$LOG_FILE'"
+RSYNC_OPTS=("-aP" "--no-owner" "--delete-during" "--exclude=\"lost+found\"" "--log-file=$LOG_FILE")
 
 if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
     echo "Usage: backup <src> <dst>"
@@ -32,4 +32,11 @@ if [ ! -d "$LOG_DIR" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-rsync $RSYNC_OPTS "${1%/}/*" "$2"
+echo "$(date)" > "$LOG_FILE"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to create log file, exiting"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "rsync $RSYNC_OPTS ${1%/}/* $2" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+rsync $RSYNC_OPTS ${1%/}/* $2