move-d

Bash script to recursively copy newly created or modified files from the current local directory to a remote host:/directory using rsync.

Usage

Requirements

Make sure you have have the following dependencies installed: curl, find, rsync
You will also need to have a password-less SSH key set up for the remote host.
NOTE: Depending on your situation, this could be a serious security concern. You may want to set up a limited user specifically for file transfers on the remote host.

Usage Steps

• Use curl to download the script: curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrickramp/move-d/main/move-d.sh -o move-d.sh
• Configure variables inside the script (See Configuration Variables section below): nano move-d.sh
• Make script executable: chmod +x move-d.sh
• Move script to desired location: mv move-d.sh ~/.local/bin/
• Run script: ~/.local/bin/move-d.sh

Usage Notes

• To run script in persistently in the background: nohup ~/.local/bin/move-d.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
• To check the script is running: ps aux | grep move-d.sh
• To kill script: pkill -f move-d.sh

Configuration Variables

Use your text editor of choice to edit the following variables inside move-d.sh. These variables MUST must be changed to suit your use case:

• SOURCE_DIR="/source/directory" # Source directory to watch for new files
• TARGET_HOST="user@host:/target/directory" # Remote user, host, and target directory to copy to
• TIMESTAMP_FILE="/tmp/move-d.ts" # Temporary file to store last sync time stamp
• SSH_KEY="/path/to/ssh/key" # Path to your SSH private key (no pass-phrase)
• SSH_PORT=22 # Custom SSH port (e.g. 2222)
• SLEEP_INTERVAL=10 # Time interval between checks (in seconds)