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Can someone please help me on how can i create a script that will monitor file creation on a single folder and sending the newly created file on a separate folder? Only the new created file must be transffered or copied to the other folder. The old ones remains.
Can someone please help me on how can i create a script that will monitor file creation on a single folder and sending the newly created file on a separate folder? Only the new created file must be transffered or copied to the other folder. The old ones remains.
If I'm understanding, this may also be a good candidate for rsync(1).
OK, bigearsbilly's method will be way I/O intensive. Try this instead:
If they are on the same partition:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
SOURCEDIR='/path/to/source/dir'
STORDIR='/path/to/storeage/dir'
while sleep 10 ; do
for FILE in `ls $SOURCEDIR/* | awk -F/ '{print $NF}'` ; do
if [ ! -e $STORDIR/$FILE ] ; then
ln /tmp/$FILE $STORDIR/$FILE
fi
done
done
If they are on different partitions then run that and then the following as often as you need to to not fill up your drive (in that case, /path/to/storage/dir is a temporary storage location):
Code:
rsync -a /path/to/storeage/dir/ /path/to/real/storage ; rm /path/to/storage/dir/*
HTH
Forrest
Last edited by forrestt; 08-27-2009 at 03:41 PM.
Reason: forgot the sleep while statement & then I needed to spell SOURCEDIR the same twice.
Sir, how about if the destination is on the other server? this scenario will apply on our servers.
Quote:
Originally Posted by forrestt
OK, bigearsbilly's method will be way I/O intensive. Try this instead:
If they are on the same partition:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
SOURCEDIR='/path/to/source/dir'
STORDIR='/path/to/storeage/dir'
while sleep 10 ; do
for FILE in `ls $SOURCEDIR/* | awk -F/ '{print $NF}'` ; do
if [ ! -e $STORDIR/$FILE ] ; then
ln /tmp/$FILE $STORDIR/$FILE
fi
done
done
If they are on different partitions then run that and then the following as often as you need to to not fill up your drive (in that case, /path/to/storage/dir is a temporary storage location):
Code:
rsync -a /path/to/storeage/dir/ /path/to/real/storage ; rm /path/to/storage/dir/*
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