transfer_scripts

A few scripts for estimating size and transferring files

Function

transfer.pl - Use rsync to copy over files in a list or directory.

estimate.pl - Estimate the total size of a list of files or a directory.

fixlist.sh - fix your file list to the format these programs expect

Usage

These scripts are used as follows:

$ transfer.pl
Usage:  --file= --host= --directory= --user= --dest= --flags= [--verbose] [--help]

    --file - Input file to read with list of files/folders to transfer 

    --host - IP address or hostname of the remote system

    --directory - Relative or absolute path to the folder containing the files/folders to transfer, 

              with no trailing slash

    --user - User account on the remote system to use

    --dest - Destination on the remote system to copy files to

    --flags - rsync flags to use when copying the files over

    --verbose - run rsync with -vvv

    --help - show this help


$ estimate.pl                   
Usage:  [--dir=] [--infile=] [--help]

        --dir - directory to estimate the size of

        --infile - file with a list of filenames to estimate the size of

        --prefix - prefix path for filenames in the infile

        --help - print this help


$ fixlist.sh
Usage: /usr/local/bin/fixlist.sh <filename>

Contributing

Feel free to fork and submit pull requests, I will review them and merge into main if I like them. If you do submit a pull request, please also email me at elia@sassysalamander.net so I can look at it faster.

License

Affero General Public License 3.0

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Copyright

2024 Elia Farin elia@sassysalamander.net