inotifywait-cp

.gitignore

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 *.bak
+*.log

tools/inotifywait-cp.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# My use case:
+# syncthing synchronizes ALL changes in DCIM directory on my android to PC.
+# I wanted files to be copied somewhere else on my PC to stay forever, so I
+# could sort them later and safely free some space on mobile without loss.
+# Also I wish to have some stupid log with history of such events.
+
+# inotify-tools package must be installed!
+
+# CHANGE THIS PARAMETERS to ones you needed
+dir_src="$HOME/Syncthing/Mobile/Camera"
+dir_dest="$HOME/some/safe/place"
+dir_logs="$HOME/inotifywait-cp-logs"
+regexp="[0-9]{8}_[0-9]{6}.*\.(jpg|mp4|gif)"
+
+# Arguments description:
+# --quiet     -- print less (only print events)
+# --monitor   -- don't stop after first event (like infinite loop)
+# --event     -- first syncthing creates hidden file to write data into
+#                then renames it according to source file name, so here
+#                we listen to MOVED_TO event to catch final filename
+# --format %f -- print only filename
+# --include   -- filename regexp to catch event from, ensure your $regexp
+#                is correct or remove line 32 to catch synced ALL files
+
+mkdir -p "$dir_dest" "$dir_logs"
+inotifywait \
+    --quiet \
+    --monitor \
+    --event moved_to \
+    --format %f \
+    --include "$regexp" \
+    "$dir_src" \
+    | while read filename; do
+        cp "$dir_src/$filename" "$dir_dest/$filename"
+        echo "[`date '+%H:%M:%S'`] COPIED: $dir_src/$filename => $dir_dest/$filename" \
+        | tee -a "$dir_logs/`date '+%Y%m%d'`.log"
+    done