Eh, there is nothing particularly wrong with #!/bin/sh -e TARGET=../$(basename "$(pwd)")@$(date --utc +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ').tar.gz tar czf "$TARGE

Eh, there is nothing particularly wrong with #!/bin/sh -e TARGET=../$(basename "$(pwd)")@$(date --utc +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ').tar.gz tar czf "$TARGET" . You can even add a fourth line to upload it somewhere automatically...