logrotate already uses the latest backup

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     - can create required configuration (if missing)
     - check current files against latest backup
     - save folder as archive
-    - older versions than the lastest are compressed
+    - all versions are compressed
     - use file rotation (max 100 files per default, customizable)

varbackup

@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.conf" ]; then
 fi
 
 [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "pack var directory"
-tar cfP ${BACKUPDIR}var.new.tar ${BASEDIR}/var;
+tar cfP ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BASEDIR}/var;
 
-if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}var.tar" ] || [ "$(cmp ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.new.tar)" ]; then
-  [ -f ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar ] && gzip -c ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar > ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar.gz && /usr/sbin/logrotate -fs ${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.state ${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.conf
-  mv ${BACKUPDIR}var.new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar
+if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar" ] || [ "$(cmp ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar)" ]; then
+  cp ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar && mv ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar && /usr/sbin/logrotate -fs ${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.state ${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.conf
 else
-  rm ${BACKUPDIR}var.new.tar
+  rm ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar
 fi
 
 [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "finished"