This is a script that was specifically built to transfer video files from my Macbook pro to my Android phone where they are consumed. This is a restricted sync in which new files are pushed only from source to consumer, and deletions are only propogated from consumer to source, thus becoming a queue.
This also means that currently this only works for local source, and ssh remote consumer.
Currently this script doesnt delete consumed files, it just moves them into a .deleted folder. At some point, this folder might get cleared on the next run of the script, giving you a little safety to catch accidental deletions.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'queue_sync'And then execute:
$ bundleOr install it yourself as:
$ gem install queue_syncThe script can be used as follows
queue_sync <src_path> <dest_host> <dest_port> <dest_path>
Where the src_path and dest_path are paths to the folder to be synced on the source and consumer respectively, and dest_host and dest_port are the host to ssh to and the port to use for connection.
I keep a wrapper which hardcodes all the parameters which might stay constant and just reads the dest_host from the console since that changes often. This wrapper then calls queue_sync appropriately.
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ktaragorn/queue_sync.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.