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Reliably copy files from a folder. Particularly useful when you have a jittery network that timeouts every now and then
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # reliable file/s transfer from a folder | |
| # try rsync | |
| I=0 | |
| MAX_RESTARTS=100 | |
| LAST_EXIT_CODE=1 | |
| if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: $0 src dest" | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| echo "copying files from $1 to $2" | |
| while [ $I -le $MAX_RESTARTS ] | |
| do | |
| I=$(( $I + 1 )) | |
| echo $I. start of rsync | |
| rsync -vt -P --bwlimit=50 $1 $2 | |
| LAST_EXIT_CODE=$? | |
| if [ $LAST_EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then | |
| break | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| # check if successful | |
| if [ $LAST_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then | |
| echo rsync failed for $I times. giving up. | |
| else | |
| echo rsync successful after $I times. | |
| fi |
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