Is my shell script that has rsync in it working?

Cyberman · 08-31-2010, 01:10 AM

I have this script

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Transfers voice files to safe locations
rsync -v -r ./VOICE /media/grandparent/"voice recordings"/"Fall 2010"/
exit 0

And in general, I go into the device that has the script (the subdirs have the voice files), and I execute it.

So far, it has a bunch of voice files, but I'm under the impression it's trying to copy the files all over again rather than check if the files are the same, if so, then just add files that are different or non-existent...

How can I tell it's checking things and making necessary changes rather than uploading every file again?

evo2 · 08-31-2010, 01:19 AM

Hi,

I think the way that you are trying to quote the white space in the file names might not be working. Also I think you want to use the -u flag so that files that already exist are not copied again. Additionally you might want to use the -a (update) flag instead of just -r. Check the man page for details.

I suspect the following might work for you:

[code]
rsync -auv ./VOICE "/media/grandparent/voice recordings/Fall 2020/"
[\code]

Evo2.

quanta · 08-31-2010, 01:19 AM

You can use the --delete flag.

AnanthaP · 08-31-2010, 01:22 AM

rsync has too many options to do without knowing he exact requirement. A quick and dirty way may be to write-protect and change the ownership of all destination files before executing rsync and check the exit value. If non zero, then an error. For example 11 is "Error in file i/o" (ref : http://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync ). I just googled this.

goldenbarb · 08-31-2010, 05:39 AM

You can redirect rsync output to log and check it.
-v enables verbose mode.
Anyway rsync -a should do what you need.