Backup from specific directory without cd

[Usefulvid]

I like to backup several directories with duplicacy.
I have a little script which looks like this for every directory:

cd /share/dir0
duplicacy backup -threads 2 -stats

cd /share/dir1
duplicacy backup -threads 2 -stats

cd /share/dir2
duplicacy backup -threads 2 -stats

cd /share/dir3
duplicacy backup -threads 2 -stats

Is there a more elegant way to do this?

[TheBestPessimist]

Is there a more elegant way to do this?

Try using symlinks.

[Christoph]

Is there a more elegant way to do this?

Try using symlinks.

I’d have a different sense of elegance here, but - regardless - there are also other options:

Init command details

The -pref-dir option controls the location of the preferences directory. If not specified, a directory named .duplicacy is created in the repository. If specified, it must point to a non-existing directory. The directory is created and a .duplicacy file is created in the repository. The .duplicacy file contains the absolute path name to the preferences directory.

Admittedly, some concentration is necessary to wrap your head around how the --pref-dir option works (see this topic), so that might disqualify it for the elegance competition.

So what I’d do (and in fact do) is to create a single repository for /share and exclude/include the folders you (don’t) want using the filters file.