I don’t know why I keep having to do this, but I do. I always to create
separate archives of all the directories in a directory. So, here is
script from David (aka Matir aka EmptyCinema) from linuxquestions.org http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&postid=1839513#post1839513

to do just that (along with a sample sessions using it).

#!/bin/bash
for dir in */
do dir=echo $dir | tr -d '/'
echo $dir
tar czf $dir.tar.gz $dir
done

[jcz@actinella ~]$ ./zipdir.sh
cdcatalogs
ddclient-3.6.6
Desktop

[jcz@actinella ~]$ ls -lht *.gz
-rw-rw-r– 1 jcz jcz 17M Sep 6 23:31 Desktop.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r– 1 jcz jcz 13K Sep 6 23:31 cdcatalogs.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r– 1 jcz jcz 74K Sep 6 23:31 ddclient-3.6.6.tar.gz

Here is another more advanced version:

#!/bin/bash

jcz 13-nov-05

zips (or tar.gz) all directories

in the directory in which it is run

##################################
echo “ *********** “
echo “ this app zips all directories in this directory,”
echo “ tests the created zips for integrity, then “
echo “ copies them to some directory.”
echo “ *********** “

user enters the directory that they want the zips copied to

echo -n “Destination directory for zips e.g. /cygdrive/f/BACKUPS ( . =
here): “
read dest

for dir in */
do dir=echo $dir | tr -d '/'
echo $dir

for zipping, -r recurse into directories

and -u update new or changed files

echo “zip -r” $dir.zip $dir’/*’

zip -ru $dir.zip $dir

for gzipping

tar czf $dir.tar.gz $dir

done

to test zip file integrity

for zipf in ls *.zip
do zip -T $zipf
done

move the zips to some directory

for zipf in ls *.zip
do mv -v $zipf $dest
done