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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# bakit.sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010, Branko Majic <branko@majic.rs>
+#
+# 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 3 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.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+program="bakit.sh"
+version="0.1"
+
+function usage() {
+    cat <<EOF
+$program $version, a non-interactive utility for creating local on-system
+backups of files.
+
+Usage: $program [OPTIONS] file
+
+$program is a non-interactive utility for creating local on-system backups of
+files. Its primary use is for the various configuration files found on most of
+the systems. It allows you to easily create a timestamped backup of files
+specified as input arguments.
+
+$program accepts the following options:
+
+    -v        show script version and licensing information
+    -h        show usage help
+
+
+Please report bugs and send feature requests to <branko@majic.rs>.
+EOF
+}
+
+function version() {
+        cat <<EOF
+$program, version $version
+
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Copyright (C) 2010, Branko Majic <branko@majic.rs>                    |
+|                                                                       |
+| 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 3 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.                          |
+|                                                                       |
+| You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     |
+| along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+EOF
+}
+
+# If no arguments were given, just show usage help.
+if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
+    usage
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Parse the arguments
+while getopts "vh" opt; do
+    case "$opt" in
+        v) version
+           exit 0;;
+        h) usage
+           exit 0;;
+        *) usage
+           exit 1;;
+    esac
+done
+i=$OPTIND
+shift $(($i-1))
+
+# Create a backup of each provided file
+while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
+    source="$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's#/\+$##' )"
+    bakFile="${source}.bak.$(date +%Y%m%d)"
+
+    # Generate a new name for the backup, making sure the old ones do not get
+    # overwritten
+    let i=1
+    while [[ -e "$bakFile" ]]; do
+        bakFile="${source}.bak.$(date +%Y%m%d).$i"
+        let i=i+1
+    done
+
+    cp -pr "$source" "$bakFile"
+    shift
+done
+