anthony / Backup files synced from Syncthing

# Daemon file # Place or symlink it to /etc/systemd/system/inotifywait-cp.service # Enable and start: sudo systemctl enable --now inotifywait-cp # Check it: sudo systemctl status inotifywait-cp [Unit] Description=Photosync from android [Service] Type=simple Restart=always # correct these parameters as needed: User=user WorkingDirectory=/home/user ExecStart=bash /home/user/.local/bin/inotifywait-cp.sh [Install] WantedBy=network.target

#!/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)" print() { echo -e "[`date '+%H:%M:%S'`] $*" \ | tee -a "$dir_logs/`date '+%Y%m%d'`.log" } copy () { mkdir -p "$dir_src" "$dir_dest" "$dir_logs" if [ -f "$dir_dest/$1" ]; then print "SKIPPED:\t$dir_dest/$1" else cp "$dir_src/$1" "$dir_dest/$1" print "COPIED:\t$dir_src/$1 => $dir_dest/$1" fi } mkdir -p "$dir_src" "$dir_dest" "$dir_logs" print "START\t=========================" # First, try to backup files synced since last exec of this script ls -1 "$dir_src" \ | grep -E "^$regexp$" \ | while read filename; do copy "$filename"; done # Next, run inotifywait against source directory with args: # --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 $regexp # is correct or remove line 56 to catch synced ALL files inotifywait \ --quiet \ --monitor \ --event moved_to \ --format %f \ --include "$regexp" \ "$dir_src" \ | while read filename; do copy "$filename"; done print "FINISH\t========================="