#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    printf "createarchive\n"
    printf "usage: createarchive <folder to be archived>\n"
    printf "warning: the archive will be moved to pwd (`pwd`)\n"
    exit 1
fi


# what this does in short: tar, compress, timestamp, shred the tar, mv .xz to pwd and display it

f=$1

thisfunc() {
tar cfv $f.tar $f && xz -vzk9e $f.tar -S .`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.xz && shred -zuv $f.tar && mv $f.tar.xz . && ls -latr | tail -1
}

thisfunc
if [ `echo $?` -eq 0 ]; then
  printf "done\n"
  exit 0
else
  printf "there were some errors\n"
  exit 1
fi