#!/bin/sh
#echo $1
rootfs=`lxc-info -n $1 -c lxc.rootfs|rev|cut -d " " -f 1|rev`
lxcpath=`lxc-config lxc.lxcpath`
containerpath=`echo $lxcpath"/"$1`
parentrootfs="$(dirname "$rootfs")"
timestamp=`date +%Y.%m.%d_%T`
archivename=`echo "$lxcpath/backups/$1_${timestamp}_.tar.bz"`
mkdir -p $lxcpath/backups
#echo $rootfs
#echo $lxcpath
#echo $containerpath
#echo $parentrootfs
#echo $timestamp
#echo $archivename
if [ $containerpath = $parentrootfs ]
then
  echo "Stopping container $1..."
  lxc-stop -n $1
  echo "... done stopping container $1!"
  echo "Backing up container $1..."
  tar -C $lxcpath -cjf "$archivename" $1 
  echo "... done backing up container $1!"
  echo "please copy $archivename to somewhere safe!"
  echo "Starting container $1..."
  lxc-start -d -n $1
  echo "... done starting container $1!"
else
  echo "Im not sure about the paths and so i leave it out of caution and fear..."
fi