scripts/functions: add a save/restore handler

Saving and restoring the steps requires saving/restoring multiple
directories. Depending on the configuration, some may not exist.

Add a wrapper that checks before creating/extracting the tarballs.

# m68k specific configuration file

# depends on EXPERIMENTAL

config ARCH_m68k

    select ARCH_SUPPORTS_32

    select ARCH_DEFAULT_32

    select ARCH_DEFAULT_BE

    select ARCH_SUPPORT_CPU

     help

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