Minecraft Backup Script

#!/bin/bash

stamp=$(date "+%F-%T")
mcDir=$(pwd)

echo 'Enter the directory to where you want to back the server up (full path required)'
read backupDir

echo Beginning backup process
if [ -d ''$backupDir'' ]
then
   echo Compressing the server directory...
   tar -zcvf $backupDir/$stamp.tar.gz $mcDir
else
   echo 'Creating directory '$backupDir' since it does not already exist'
   mkdir -p $backupDir
   echo Now to compress the server directory
   tar -zcvf $backupDir/$stamp.tar.gz $mcDir
fi

echo Backup complete. Exiting...