Re: rsync files from subfolders on source to root of a folder on destination

2012-04-24 Thread James Robertson 
 I think hard-links are the easiest solution.

 mkdir hardlinks
 find Music -type f -print0 | xargs -0 cp -al -t hardlinks
 (You get a warning from cp about doubles, if any)

 Then you can rsync the 'hardlinks'-directory as usual.

 When you want to update you should just 'rm -rf hardlinks' then execute
 the find again. That way even deletions work as expected (Or just put it
 in a script).


 Bis denn

Thanks for the suggestions.  In the end I used this example and will
just write a shell script around it to update the hard links when I
add/removed music.

Really appreciate it.

Regards,

James
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rsync files from subfolders on source to root of a folder on destination

2012-04-23 Thread James Robertson 
I wish to sync a bunch of flac files that reside in various subfolders
to the root of a folder on a destination.

An example of the directory structure on the source is:

source tree Music/
Music/
├── R
│   ├── Radiohead
│   │   └── OK Computer
│   │   ├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
│   │   ├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
│   └── Red Hot Chilli Peppers
│   └── Greatest Hits
│   ├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
│   ├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac

I am using this command which syncs fine but includes the directory
paths on the destination:

rsync -rltDzvh --delete -e ssh Music/ user@192.168.1.1:/Destination/
--include=*/ --include=*.flac --exclude=*

So on the destination the structure is:

destination tree /Destination/
/Destination/
├── R
│   ├── Radiohead
│   │   └── OK Computer
│   │   ├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
│   │   ├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
│   └── Red Hot Chilli Peppers
│   └── Greatest Hits
│   ├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
│   ├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac

I want to prune all directories so only the files are placed into the
root of /Destination/ e.g.

destination tree /Destination/
/Destination/
├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac

All the files have different names so that's ok and I have reviewed
the various options in rsync such as --no-relative but have been
unable to get it working as desired.

I also came up with:

find ./Music/ -name *.flac -exec rsync -ltDzvh {} -e ssh
user@192.168.1.1:/Destination/ \;

But this means using ssh keys and is probably inefficient and if I
want to use the --delete it would likely break everything.

So how would I achieve this whilst still being able to use --delete or
--delete-excluded for times when I add, remove or rename items on my
Music library on the source and have those changes sync to the
destination?
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Re: rsync files from subfolders on source to root of a folder on destination

2012-04-23 Thread Greg Deback (rsync) 
If I were you, I would start by creating a unique folder, the image of
Destination/, and fill it with symlinks to your flac files, using -exec,
*then* calling rsync only once with the -L option (--copy-links). Thus you
should be able to benefit from the --delete option and keep an up-to-date
destination tree... but take care of the corrupted symlinks (another -exec
loop?).
Greg

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:50 AM, James Robertson j...@mesrobertson.com wrote:

 I wish to sync a bunch of flac files that reside in various subfolders
 to the root of a folder on a destination.

 An example of the directory structure on the source is:

 source tree Music/
 Music/
 ├── R
 │   ├── Radiohead
 │   │   └── OK Computer
 │   │   ├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
 │   │   ├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
 │   └── Red Hot Chilli Peppers
 │   └── Greatest Hits
 │   ├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
 │   ├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac

 I am using this command which syncs fine but includes the directory
 paths on the destination:

 rsync -rltDzvh --delete -e ssh Music/ user@192.168.1.1:/Destination/
 --include=*/ --include=*.flac --exclude=*

 So on the destination the structure is:

 destination tree /Destination/
 /Destination/
 ├── R
 │   ├── Radiohead
 │   │   └── OK Computer
 │   │   ├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
 │   │   ├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
 │   └── Red Hot Chilli Peppers
 │   └── Greatest Hits
 │   ├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
 │   ├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac

 I want to prune all directories so only the files are placed into the
 root of /Destination/ e.g.

 destination tree /Destination/
 /Destination/
 ├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
 ├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
 ├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
 ├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac

 All the files have different names so that's ok and I have reviewed
 the various options in rsync such as --no-relative but have been
 unable to get it working as desired.

 I also came up with:

 find ./Music/ -name *.flac -exec rsync -ltDzvh {} -e ssh
 user@192.168.1.1:/Destination/ \;

 But this means using ssh keys and is probably inefficient and if I
 want to use the --delete it would likely break everything.

 So how would I achieve this whilst still being able to use --delete or
 --delete-excluded for times when I add, remove or rename items on my
 Music library on the source and have those changes sync to the
 destination?
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