Cronjob to copy selected files

Hello. I'm trying to set up a cronjob to copy selected files from one particular directory in a website to another directory in that same website.

I'm trying to use rsync in this way:

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Hello. I'm trying to set up a cronjob to copy selected files from one particular directory in a website to another directory in that same website.

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Tip: If the command is complex, or you haven't thoroughly tested it yet to satisfaction, don't use it for the cronjob. Use a shell script instead, and put the command in the shell script. Then you don't have to modify the crontab in order to debug the command.

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rsync --filter '- *_thumb.jpg' --filter '- *_medium.jpg' -e ssh -av /home/.newie/username/domain/images/gallery/ /home/.newie/username/domain/slideshow/

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This isn't a remote operation, so drop the -e argument.

A shell script might look like this:

#!/bin/bash
SOURCE=$HOME/domain/images/gallery/
DEST=$HOME/domain/slideshow/
FILTER="--exclude=*_thump.jpg --exclude=*_medium.jpg"
OPT=-av
# Command line argument handling
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
        case "$1" in
                -q|--quiet)
                # Redirect stdout and stderr so there is no output
                exec &>/dev/null
                ;;
                -d|--dry-run)
                # Do not make changes.
                OPT=-nav
                ;;
  esac
  shift # Check next set of parameters.
done
rsync $OPT $FILTER $SOURCE $DEST

Then for you crontab you can do either
1. - if you did chmod 755 on script.sh -
/home/username/path/script.sh

2. - if you did chmod the script file -
/bin/bash /home/username/path/script.sh

And you got options: -q or --quiet and -d or --dry-run



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rsync -av -f '- *_thumb.jpg' -f '- *_medium.jpg' ~/domain/images/gallery/ ~/domain/slideshow/

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Thanks Atropos7.

I tried what you suggested, and I think I'm getting closer. Now the email notification has this error:

I was able to figure this out with a little bit of help from Dreamhost support - I was running the cronjob as the wrong user.

Thanks!
Frank

That *would* be a bit of a show stopper




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Can I ask how you resolved this user issue? I think I am in the same boat.

Select correct user if creating a job from within Panel.




How To Install PHP.INI / ionCube on DreamHost

Maybe my issue is different. I have 2 users, one with ftp and one shell. The shell user does not have access (as far as I can tell) to the ftp user files. And I need to update the ftp user files with this cron job.

I think I need to either give the shell user access to ftp user files, or somehow make ftp user able to run cron job.

A shell user can access an FTP user's files if group write permissions are set on the files. If you need to copy files onto the FTP user space then group write needs to be set on the target directories as well.




How To Install PHP.INI / ionCube on DreamHost

Thanks for the quick replies, I will try it out.