#!/bin/sh 

# check for directory 
if [ ! -d $BBSDIR/tmp/$LOGNAME ]; then
	mkdir $BBSDIR/tmp/$LOGNAME
fi

# remove any existing files (which would be overwritten)
rm $BBSDIR/tmp/$LOGNAME/$LOGNAME.*

tar -cvf $BBSDIR/tmp/$LOGNAME/$LOGNAME.tar $HOME/News/*

gzip -v $BBSDIR/tmp/$LOGNAME/$LOGNAME.tar
