From 5d9ec65d9f63e4f1f928eecb11fce55c67ec8305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "committer@tuxwarrior" <committer019@tuxwarrior.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:57:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] + notesArchiver.sh

---
 dots/bash/.bashrc         |  1 -
 dots/bin/notesArchiver.sh | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 dots/bin/notesArchiver.sh

diff --git a/dots/bash/.bashrc b/dots/bash/.bashrc
index 8531007..ee3369c 100644
--- a/dots/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/dots/bash/.bashrc
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ nas() {
 # }
 #alias videoCompressor="/home/poq/syncDir/gitRepos/gi.op.fo/miniProjects/2104_videoCompressor/src/vc_v2.sh"
 # alias videoWatermark="/home/poq/syncDir/gitRepos/gi.op.fo/miniProjects/2104_videoCompressor/src/vcwm_v1.sh"
-#alias notesArchiver='/home/poq/syncDir/gitRepos/gi.op.fo/miniProjects/2306_notesArchiver/notesArchiver.sh'
 #alias toJpg='/home/poq/syncDir/gitRepos/gi.op.fo/miniProjects/2306_toJpg/toJpg.sh'
 
 #imgResize() {
diff --git a/dots/bin/notesArchiver.sh b/dots/bin/notesArchiver.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3227743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/bin/notesArchiver.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+# what:        archive (and backup) nextcloud notes
+# author:      ns
+# started:     jun 2023
+#
+# requires:    n/a
+#
+# info:
+#   - n/a
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]
+  then echo "error: do not run as 'root'"
+  exit
+fi
+
+nextcloud_env_var=NEXTCLOUD_${HOSTNAME}
+nextcloud_dir=${!nextcloud_env_var}
+
+if [[ "${nextcloud_dir}" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "error: environment variable \"NEXTCLOUD_${HOSTNAME}\" is not set. set it, and re-run this script."
+    echo "example:"
+    echo "export NEXTCLOUD_${HOSTNAME}=/media/drive2/nass/lo/nextcloud"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+notes_base_dir="${nextcloud_dir}/Notes"
+notes_archive_dir="${nextcloud_dir}/Notes/archive"
+archive_target_dir="${nextcloud_dir}/Notes.archive"
+backup_target_dir="${nextcloud_dir}/Notes.backup"
+
+if [ ! -d ${backup_target_dir} ]
+then
+    echo "The backup target directory does not exist:"
+    echo "${backup_target_dir}"
+    exit 888 # die with error code 888
+fi
+
+tar -zcvf ${backup_target_dir}/notes.$(date +%y%m%d-%H%M).tar.gz ${notes_base_dir}
+
+if [ ! -d ${notes_archive_dir} ]
+then
+    echo "The archive directory does not exist:"
+    echo "${notes_archive_dir}"
+    exit 888 # die with error code 888
+fi
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/91368/checking-from-shell-script-if-a-directory-contains-files
+if [ ! -n "$(ls -A ${notes_archive_dir} 2>/dev/null)" ]
+then
+    echo "No notes to archive!"
+    exit 888
+fi
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20796200/how-to-loop-over-files-in-directory-and-change-path-and-add-suffix-to-filename
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23733669/rename-file-command-in-unix-with-timestamp
+for filename in ${notes_archive_dir}/*; do
+    mv "$filename" "$archive_target_dir/$(date +%y%m%d-%H%M)_$(basename "$filename")"
+done
+
+echo 'Hello, World!' > ${notes_archive_dir}/helloWorld.md