Writing a script to rsync all directories
I have a huge set of backup files, each containing a directory of Videos. Each video directory is slightly different. I would like to merge these into a single directory to conserve, as I don't really care about which backup each Video came from.
To do this, I figure that rsync would be the best tool but I'm having difficulty coming up with a nice clean script to rsync each backup's Video directory with an outside destination.
In other words, I want a script that will automate the following process
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-x/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-y/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-z/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-t/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
Where all files in the Backups/ directory are "fair game."
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
bash scripts backup rsync
asked Jul 31 '14 at 1:33
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I have a huge set of backup files, each containing a directory of Videos. Each video directory is slightly different. I would like to merge these into a single directory to conserve, as I don't really care about which backup each Video came from.
To do this, I figure that rsync would be the best tool but I'm having difficulty coming up with a nice clean script to rsync each backup's Video directory with an outside destination.
In other words, I want a script that will automate the following process
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-x/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-y/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-z/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-t/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
Where all files in the Backups/ directory are "fair game."
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
bash scripts backup rsync
asked Jul 31 '14 at 1:33
neanderslobneanderslob
4211520
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I have a huge set of backup files, each containing a directory of Videos. Each video directory is slightly different. I would like to merge these into a single directory to conserve, as I don't really care about which backup each Video came from.
To do this, I figure that rsync would be the best tool but I'm having difficulty coming up with a nice clean script to rsync each backup's Video directory with an outside destination.
In other words, I want a script that will automate the following process
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-x/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-y/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-z/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-t/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
Where all files in the Backups/ directory are "fair game."
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
bash scripts backup rsync
asked Jul 31 '14 at 1:33
neanderslobneanderslob
4211520
I have a huge set of backup files, each containing a directory of Videos. Each video directory is slightly different. I would like to merge these into a single directory to conserve, as I don't really care about which backup each Video came from.
To do this, I figure that rsync would be the best tool but I'm having difficulty coming up with a nice clean script to rsync each backup's Video directory with an outside destination.
In other words, I want a script that will automate the following process
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-x/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-y/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-z/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
rsync -a ./Backups/Backup-t/Videos/ ./CollectedVideos/
Where all files in the Backups/ directory are "fair game."
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
bash scripts backup rsync
bash scripts backup rsync
asked Jul 31 '14 at 1:33
neanderslobneanderslob
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asked Jul 31 '14 at 1:33
neanderslobneanderslob
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asked Jul 31 '14 at 1:33
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asked Jul 31 '14 at 1:33
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If at least one of the folders in ./Backups contains a Video directory,
for dir in ./Backups/*/Videos
do
if [[ -d $dir ]]
then
rsync -a $dir/* ./CollectedVideos/
fi
done
might be close to what you are looking for.
The /* after $dir is important to copy the files without including their directory.
answered Jul 31 '14 at 1:53
murumuru
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Did using wildcards not work:?
rsync -a backup//Videos/ /
The other way is to use find and xargs:
find backups/Backup-*/ -type f -name ""| xargs -I {} -n 1 rsync {} /
Of course, find is a very slow running command
answered Dec 9 '18 at 9:22
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If at least one of the folders in ./Backups contains a Video directory,
for dir in ./Backups/*/Videos
do
if [[ -d $dir ]]
then
rsync -a $dir/* ./CollectedVideos/
fi
done
might be close to what you are looking for.
The /* after $dir is important to copy the files without including their directory.
answered Jul 31 '14 at 1:53
murumuru
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If at least one of the folders in ./Backups contains a Video directory,
for dir in ./Backups/*/Videos
do
if [[ -d $dir ]]
then
rsync -a $dir/* ./CollectedVideos/
fi
done
might be close to what you are looking for.
The /* after $dir is important to copy the files without including their directory.
answered Jul 31 '14 at 1:53
murumuru
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If at least one of the folders in ./Backups contains a Video directory,
for dir in ./Backups/*/Videos
do
if [[ -d $dir ]]
then
rsync -a $dir/* ./CollectedVideos/
fi
done
might be close to what you are looking for.
The /* after $dir is important to copy the files without including their directory.
answered Jul 31 '14 at 1:53
murumuru
1
If at least one of the folders in ./Backups contains a Video directory,
for dir in ./Backups/*/Videos
do
if [[ -d $dir ]]
then
rsync -a $dir/* ./CollectedVideos/
fi
done
might be close to what you are looking for.
The /* after $dir is important to copy the files without including their directory.
answered Jul 31 '14 at 1:53
murumuru
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answered Jul 31 '14 at 1:53
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answered Jul 31 '14 at 1:53
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Did using wildcards not work:?
rsync -a backup//Videos/ /
The other way is to use find and xargs:
find backups/Backup-*/ -type f -name ""| xargs -I {} -n 1 rsync {} /
Of course, find is a very slow running command
answered Dec 9 '18 at 9:22
tpb261tpb261
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Did using wildcards not work:?
rsync -a backup//Videos/ /
The other way is to use find and xargs:
find backups/Backup-*/ -type f -name ""| xargs -I {} -n 1 rsync {} /
Of course, find is a very slow running command
answered Dec 9 '18 at 9:22
tpb261tpb261
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Did using wildcards not work:?
rsync -a backup//Videos/ /
The other way is to use find and xargs:
find backups/Backup-*/ -type f -name ""| xargs -I {} -n 1 rsync {} /
Of course, find is a very slow running command
answered Dec 9 '18 at 9:22
tpb261tpb261
101
Did using wildcards not work:?
rsync -a backup//Videos/ /
The other way is to use find and xargs:
find backups/Backup-*/ -type f -name ""| xargs -I {} -n 1 rsync {} /
Of course, find is a very slow running command
answered Dec 9 '18 at 9:22
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