Index: scripts/globals.sh
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diff -u -r31cd3db6a572b6d9d69d85968e9d5d1f6da88e5c -r244615a978e4de04deb018eb255f068c2a6023bc
--- scripts/globals.sh	(.../globals.sh)	(revision 31cd3db6a572b6d9d69d85968e9d5d1f6da88e5c)
+++ scripts/globals.sh	(.../globals.sh)	(revision 244615a978e4de04deb018eb255f068c2a6023bc)
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
 LOG_OUT_FILE=""
 LOG_ERR_FILE=""
 
+LOG_BASE=$SDCARD_MNT
+LOG_LOC_LOG=log
+LOG_LOC_ERR=service
+EXT_GZIP=gz
+EXT_PEND=u
+
 ERR_MISSING_FOLDER=101
 ERR_MISSING_FILE=102
 ERR_CONNECTION=103
@@ -53,6 +59,7 @@
 ERR_SCP_FAIL=110
 ERR_INVALID_IP=111
 ERR_SD_CARD=112
+ERR_LOGBACKUP_PATH=113
 
 SRC_FILE_SSHKEY="$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
 SRC_FILE_SSHKEY_PUB=$SRC_FILE_SSHKEY.pub
@@ -618,17 +625,48 @@
   fi
 }
 
-function timerStart() {
-  time_start=$(date +%s)
+function log_backup() {
+  if [[ "$1" == "" ]]; then 
+    post_log "Log Backup failed: Missing log location"
+    return $ERR_LOGBACKUP_PATH;
+  fi
+  local LOG_PATH="$LOG_BASE"/"$1"
+  cd "$LOG_PATH"
+  for logname in $(find -type f ! -name "*.$EXT_PEND.*"); do
+    name=$(basename $logname)
+    base="${name%%.*}"
+    ext="${name##*.}"
+    exts="${name#*.}"
+    #DEBUG echo name: $base
+    #DEBUG echo ext : $ext
+    #DEBUG echo exts: $exts
+    if [[ "$ext" == "$EXT_GZIP" ]]; then
+      mv   "$name"  "$base.u.$exts"
+    else
+      echo gzip "$name"
+      echo mv   "$name.$EXT_GZIP"  "$base.$EXT_PEND.$exts.$EXT_GZIP"
+    fi
+    echo
+  done
 }
 
+function log_backup_logApp() {
+  log_backup $LOG_LOC_LOG
+}
 
-#TODO later improvement
-# function checkLogBackups() {
-#   find
-#   filename="$SDCARD_MNT/log/" && filename2="${filename%.*}"".u."${filename##*.} && mv "$filename" "$filename2" && gzip $filename2 && ls log
-# }
+function log_backup_logErr() {
+  log_backup $LOG_LOC_ERR
+}
 
+function backupApplicationLogs() {
+  log_backup_logApp
+  log_backup_logErr
+}
+
+function timerStart() {
+  time_start=$(date +%s)
+}
+
 function timerEndLog() {
   # ----------------------------------------- END
   # tag the end time in the POST log file
@@ -642,6 +680,7 @@
   setupConsoleout
   disableRootSSH
   cleanupPOSTLogs
+  backupApplicationLogs
   checkDemoMode
   queryOSVersion
   setupCANBus       $1
@@ -655,3 +694,4 @@
   testTouchscreen
   testCloudSystem
 }
+