if [[ $option = "backup" ]]; then
             BackupLocation="$OPTARG"
             echo "Specify the backup Location"
                if [[ $BackupLocation != *backup ]]; then
                        echo "Appending backup subdirectories"
                        BackupLocation=$BackupLocation/backup
                        mkdir -p $BackupLocation >/dev/null 2>&1
                if [[ ! -d $BackupLocation ]]; then
                echo "Unable to make backup directory: $BackupLocation"
                        if [[ $IsCronJob -eq 1 ]]; then
                          SendIntasNotifyMail "Middletierclean error message" $mt_clean_errfile
                        fi
                        return $E_INT_MISSING_DIR
                fi
                else
                Parent=$(expr $BackupLocation : '\(.*\)/.*' \| $BackupLocation)
                if [[ ! -d $Parent ]]; then
                        echo "Non-existant directory specified"
                        if [[ $IsCronJob -eq 1 ]]; then
                          SendIntasNotifyMail "Middletierclean error message" $mt_clean_errfile
                        fi
                        return $E_INT_MISSING_DIR
                fi
                if [[ $IsCronJob -eq 1 ]]; then
                        BackupLocation=$BackupLocation$(date +%w)
                        if [[ ! -d $BackupLocation ]]; then
                                mkdir -p $BackupLocation >/dev/null 2>&1
                        if [[ ! -d $BackupLocation ]]; then
                        echo "Unable to make backup directory: $BackupLocation"
                          if [[ $IsCronJob -eq 1 ]]; then
                            SendIntasNotifyMail "Middletier error message" $mt_clean_errfile
                          fi
                          return $E_INT_MISSING_DIR
                        fi
                        fi
                        fi
                fi
                l_flag=Y
                Llcron=l
            fi
             ;;