smart files syncronisation using rsync
I work a lot from home using my laptop. Alas, compiling and testing the application requires a very strong machine like the desktop I have at work. So working effectively from home means syncing files back and forth.
The fastest way to do that seems to be rsync, but running the script is a bit slow since I need to modify it each time according to the directory I'm located at. To help with that I wrote two nice scripts which I named 'up' and 'down', and placed them in the path.
One important fact is that I have the same directory structure in the local and remote machines. I.e. I have the same usernames and place the sources in the same place in both machines.
- When I type 'up' in the command line the script is syncing to the remote machine the current directory with its subdirectory (recursively).
- When I type 'down' in the command line the script is syncing from the remote machine to the current directory (recursively).
Here are the scripts:
up
#!/bin/sh
# Destination host machine name
DEST="myRemoteMachineName"
# User that rsync will connect as
USER="myUserName"
# excludes file - Contains wildcard patterns of files to exclude.
# i.e., *~, *.bak, etc. One "pattern" per line.
# You must create this file.
EXCLUDES=[full path to file]
HERE=$(pwd)
PARENT=$(dirname $(pwd))
OPTS="-v -u -a --rsh=ssh --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --stats --delete "
rsync $OPTS $HERE $USER@$DEST:$PARENT
down
#!/bin/sh
# Destination host machine name
DEST="myRemoteMachineName"
# User that rsync will connect as
USER="myUserName"
# excludes file - Contains wildcard patterns of files to exclude.
# i.e., *~, *.bak, etc. One "pattern" per line.
# You must create this file.
EXCLUDES=[full path to file]
HERE=$(pwd)
PARENT=$(dirname $(pwd))
OPTS="-v -u -a --rsh=ssh --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --stats --delete "
rsync $OPTS $USER@$DEST:$HERE $PARENT
Bugs:
Does not work with whitespaces in the path. Tried replacing them with escape characters (see rsync man pages), bit didn't work.
