Added cd working dir, added screen prerequisite

Author: NoxiFoxi

README.md

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 Simple backup script for servers running in screen using 7zip for compression.
 
 ## Prerequisites
+- **screen**
 - **p7zip**
 - **cron** or similar (for automatic backups)
 

autostart.sh

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 #!/bin/bash
 
-# don't execute script if backup is in progress
-[ -f backup.lock ] && exit 0
-
-
 # ======== #
 #  Config  #
 # ======== #
+cd /home/minecraft/ # change working directory where the scripts are located
+
+# don't execute script if backup is in progress
+[ -f backup.lock ] && exit 0
+
 server_jar="fabric-server-launch.jar" # server jar to monitor
 screen_name="minecraft" # name of the screen the server is running
-dir="minecraft" # cd the screen session in this directory
+dir="." # cd the screen session in this directory ("." if no change)
 start_script="start.sh"
 
 

backup.sh

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 # ======== #
 #  Config  #
 # ======== #
+cd /home/minecraft/ # change working directory where the scripts are located
 sleep=10 # wait time for the backup in seconds after the anouncement
 stop_server=0 # 0-1
 source_path="/home/minecraft/server/*"