#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

 #config
  my $date; $date = `/bin/date -I`; chomp($date);
  
  my $item;

  if (@ARGV){
    foreach $item (@ARGV){
      &backupFile($item);
    }#hcaerof
  }
  else{
    &printUsage;
  }#fi

  exit(0);

######################################################################
sub printUsage{
    print << "    (EOF)";
  Author:
    Aaron Thompson (thompson\@cns.uni.edu)
    Copywright (C) 2003

  License:
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    To aquire a copy of the GNU General Public License visit 
    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
    
  Description:
    By default file is backed up to a file name 
    containing the date. An integer extension is 
    used to create multiple files in the same 
    day.

  Usage:
    backup_file file [file1 ... fileN]

  Examples :
    \$ backup_file file
      'file' -> 'file-2003-02-01'

    \$ backup_file file && backup_file file
      'file' -> 'file-2003-02-01'
      'file' -> 'file-2003-02-01.0'

    \$ backup_file file file1
      'file' -> 'file-2003-02-01'
      'file1' -> 'file1-2003-02-01'

    \$ backup_file file*
      'file' -> 'file-2003-02-01'
      'file1' -> 'file1-2003-02-01'
      [...]
      'fileN' -> 'fileN-2003-02-01'

    (EOF)
}#egasUtnirp
  
######################################################################
sub backupFile{
  my $cpcmd; $cpcmd = "/bin/cp -v -i ";
  my $origFile; $origFile = $_[0];
  my $backFile; $backFile = "$origFile-$date";
  
  my $i; $i = 0;
  if ( -e $backFile ){
    while (-e $backFile){
      $backFile = "$origFile-$date.$i";
      $i++;
    }#elihw
  }#fi
  
  $cpcmd .= "$origFile $backFile";
  system($cpcmd);

}#eliFpukcab

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