#RSYNC alias backup="rsync --progress --info=progress2 -ravz" export BACKUP_TO=~/MyBackups mybackup() { if [ ! -d "$BACKUP_TO" ]; then mkdir "$BACKUP_TO" fi if [ -d "$BACKUP_TO" ]; then backup $@ "$BACKUP_TO" else echo -e "\nSorry unable to Backup to $BACKUP_TO \n" fi }