Monitor shell script to go with crontab -e

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Ive been messing around with raspberry pis now for about a month and have come abit stuck.

I have set up a media server with 1 pi (6TB) and set up osmc with another (1TB). In the media server i have sonarr and radarr set up that will organise files into films and tv shows. I have mounted the server in osmc. What I need is a script to copy only new files from one directory to another. The files will be in subfolders. I was thinking crontab with a script linked to it to search every 15 mins to update osmc folders. 1 for tv shows 1 for movies.

Any help would be much appreciated
Thank you

asked Jan 5 at 2:21

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So you need help with the crontab? the script? both? The crontab part is easy, but what the script has to do is far from clear (at least to me).
â€“Â NickD
Jan 5 at 2:47

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Have you looked into rsync and read the man page? I don't think you need a script at all. I think you need a fancy rsync command with a bunch of flags.
â€“Â Wildcard
Jan 5 at 3:04

As mentionned by Wildcard, I think you need a rsync command line in a crontab to feet your needs. maybe something similar to rsync -zauv /path/sources/tree /path/destination/ then all subfolders updates modified & new files will be add/updated on destination path
â€“Â francois P
Jan 5 at 7:32

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Ive been messing around with raspberry pis now for about a month and have come abit stuck.

Any help would be much appreciated
Thank you

asked Jan 5 at 2:21

Azer.B

2

So you need help with the crontab? the script? both? The crontab part is easy, but what the script has to do is far from clear (at least to me).
â€“Â NickD
Jan 5 at 2:47

1

Have you looked into rsync and read the man page? I don't think you need a script at all. I think you need a fancy rsync command with a bunch of flags.
â€“Â Wildcard
Jan 5 at 3:04

As mentionned by Wildcard, I think you need a rsync command line in a crontab to feet your needs. maybe something similar to rsync -zauv /path/sources/tree /path/destination/ then all subfolders updates modified & new files will be add/updated on destination path
â€“Â francois P
Jan 5 at 7:32

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Ive been messing around with raspberry pis now for about a month and have come abit stuck.

Any help would be much appreciated
Thank you

asked Jan 5 at 2:21

Azer.B

Ive been messing around with raspberry pis now for about a month and have come abit stuck.

Any help would be much appreciated
Thank you

asked Jan 5 at 2:21

Azer.B

asked Jan 5 at 2:21

Azer.B

asked Jan 5 at 2:21

Azer.B

asked Jan 5 at 2:21

Azer.B

2

So you need help with the crontab? the script? both? The crontab part is easy, but what the script has to do is far from clear (at least to me).
â€“Â NickD
Jan 5 at 2:47

1

Have you looked into rsync and read the man page? I don't think you need a script at all. I think you need a fancy rsync command with a bunch of flags.
â€“Â Wildcard
Jan 5 at 3:04

As mentionned by Wildcard, I think you need a rsync command line in a crontab to feet your needs. maybe something similar to rsync -zauv /path/sources/tree /path/destination/ then all subfolders updates modified & new files will be add/updated on destination path
â€“Â francois P
Jan 5 at 7:32

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2

So you need help with the crontab? the script? both? The crontab part is easy, but what the script has to do is far from clear (at least to me).
â€“Â NickD
Jan 5 at 2:47

1

Have you looked into rsync and read the man page? I don't think you need a script at all. I think you need a fancy rsync command with a bunch of flags.
â€“Â Wildcard
Jan 5 at 3:04

As mentionned by Wildcard, I think you need a rsync command line in a crontab to feet your needs. maybe something similar to rsync -zauv /path/sources/tree /path/destination/ then all subfolders updates modified & new files will be add/updated on destination path
â€“Â francois P
Jan 5 at 7:32

So you need help with the crontab? the script? both? The crontab part is easy, but what the script has to do is far from clear (at least to me).
â€“Â NickD
Jan 5 at 2:47

Have you looked into rsync and read the man page? I don't think you need a script at all. I think you need a fancy rsync command with a bunch of flags.
â€“Â Wildcard
Jan 5 at 3:04

As mentionned by Wildcard, I think you need a rsync command line in a crontab to feet your needs. maybe something similar to rsync -zauv /path/sources/tree /path/destination/ then all subfolders updates modified & new files will be add/updated on destination path
â€“Â francois P
Jan 5 at 7:32

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Thanks for the help and pointing me to rsync. I made this script

#!/bin/sh

cd /directory/of/source/

find -type f -mmin -(time in mins) -exec rsync -zauv /directory/of/destination/ ;

Ran it on 2 test folders and all seemed to work. Just to link it to crontab and all done.

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Thanks for the help and pointing me to rsync. I made this script

#!/bin/sh

cd /directory/of/source/

find -type f -mmin -(time in mins) -exec rsync -zauv /directory/of/destination/ ;

Ran it on 2 test folders and all seemed to work. Just to link it to crontab and all done.

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Thanks for the help and pointing me to rsync. I made this script

#!/bin/sh

cd /directory/of/source/

find -type f -mmin -(time in mins) -exec rsync -zauv /directory/of/destination/ ;

Ran it on 2 test folders and all seemed to work. Just to link it to crontab and all done.

edited Jan 7 at 14:46

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Thanks for the help and pointing me to rsync. I made this script

#!/bin/sh

cd /directory/of/source/

find -type f -mmin -(time in mins) -exec rsync -zauv /directory/of/destination/ ;

Ran it on 2 test folders and all seemed to work. Just to link it to crontab and all done.

edited Jan 7 at 14:46

Jeff Schaller

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answered Jan 5 at 15:08

Azer.B

Thanks for the help and pointing me to rsync. I made this script

#!/bin/sh

cd /directory/of/source/

find -type f -mmin -(time in mins) -exec rsync -zauv /directory/of/destination/ ;

Ran it on 2 test folders and all seemed to work. Just to link it to crontab and all done.

edited Jan 7 at 14:46

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answered Jan 5 at 15:08

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