Scripted copy files and directories

Question

I'm trying to back up certain files and directories in a script.

So far i have:

bkdest=/Web
sources=("includes_php" "html/css" "html/includes" "html/index.php")
datestamp=$(date +%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S)
odir=/Web-Backup/${datestamp}_Web
for target in ${sources[@]}; do
  mkdir -p ${odir}${target}
  cp -R /Web${target} ${odir}${target}
done

The problem I am having is that I copy the folder, into an identically named folder when i copy folders. Is there a better way of doing this or do I need to handle folders and files in separate lists?

The machine I am using is on 10.12.6 if that makes a difference.

Answer 1

In the end, I checked the sources array like so:

bkdest=/Web
sources=("includes_php/" "html/css/" "html/includes/" "html/index.php")
datestamp=$(date +%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S)
odir=/Web-Backup/${datestamp}_Web
for target in ${sources[@]}; do
  if [ "${target: -1}" == "/" ]
  then
    mkdir -p ${odir}${target}
    cp -R /Web${target}* ${odir}${target}
  else
    cp /Web${target} ${odir}${target}
done

In short, I put trailing / on folders. I checked the last character of the string using ${target: -1} and if it's / I treat it as a folder, pulling the contents instead of the folder itself.