Question

I have a function in my .bashrc that I use to backup files:

backup() {
    filename=`date +F-%H-%M`-"$@"
    /bin/cp -fr "$@" ~/backup/$filename
}

and I would like to make an alias to easily backup a project in the folder foxhound:

alias backfox="backup /home/projects/Foxhound"

I get the error

/bin/cp: cannot create directory `/home/username/backup/2012-01-23-15-03-/home/projects/Foxhound`: No such file or directory

Answer 1

You may want to add:

mkdir -p $filename

before the cp line.