#!/bin/bash
/sw/bin/growlnotify -I /Users/allenhall/ShellScripts/LaCieKey.icns -t "Backup USB Key" -m "Backup Key Detected."
x=`/usr/bin/osascript <<EOT
tell application "Finder"
    activate
display dialog "Would you like to start a backup?" buttons {"Backup", "No"} default button "Backup" giving up after 15
set myReply to button returned of result as text
end tell
EOT`
# the previous wraps a dialog inside a Finder tell clause to allow for user interaction - the result is returned as text

# test if we got the result properly
# echo $x

# note- trick to prevent error thrown- wrap $x in "" for the conditional
if [ "$x" = 'Backup' ]
	then
	
	# test for if statement
	# echo 'I will back up!'
	
	# Notify us that we are starting backups
	/sw/bin/growlnotify -s -I /Users/allenhall/ShellScripts/LaCieKey.icns -t "Backup USB Key" -m "RSYNC Backup Has Begun."
	
	# actual backup script
 	/sw/bin/rsync -r -X -A -a -S -v -x -p --exclude-from=/Users/allenhall/backup_excludes.txt $* /Users/allenhall/TEXWork /Volumes/AHallThesisBackup/

	# notify us that we completed our backups
	/sw/bin/growlnotify -s -I /Users/allenhall/ShellScripts/LaCieKey.icns -t "Backup USB Key" -m "RSYNC Backup Is Complete."
fi