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# 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>