Rsync copying current directory with name

I like your script but, if needed, you can do it by command line directly from the current directory:

rsync -a "$PWD" ~/backup/

or in a way similar to your script approach with

rsync -a "$(pwd -P)" ~/backup/

Notes:

It is needed to quote the current directory if in the path is present, for example, one or more spaces.
In case of symbolic links in the path it is possible to obtain the physical path avoiding all the symlinks specifying the option -P in the pwd command invocation ($(pwd -P)), or calling the executable with its full path ($(/bin/pwd)).
Indeed there exists the built-in pwd that by default shows the symlinked path, and the executable /bin/pwd that by default shows the physical path.
Both commands refer to the variable $PWD that contains the the present working directory when they are asked for the version of the path with the eventual symlinks: so if you do not strictly need the physical path, you can avoid to call the subshell and use directly the variable $PWD.
```
rsync -a "$PWD" ~/backup/
```

Found a solution:

Created a new shell script like this:

current_dir=`pwd`
dir_name=`basename $current_dir`
rsync -a . ~/backup/$dir_name

and when executing this it will create a new directory at the destination and copy current folder contents.

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