copy new files

[Surox]

Hello,

i'm looking to create a (i think) very simple script, but i just started on ubuntu and haven't got a clue how to get it to work.

I have a folder which recieves new files from other parts in my network. I need to do some processing on those files but now and then something goes wrong in that process and i loose files. to be sure of my system i need to have a script which watches a directory and copies any new files in it to another directory. every file/folder just needs to be copied once (when it just got into the directory).
is there an easy way to do this?


it's on a fresh install of ubuntu server 12.04

[howefield]

Thread moved to the "Server Platforms" forum.

[Surox]

whohoo not beginner enough for the absolute beginners section apparently

[sudodus]

Welcome to the Ubuntu Forums

I hope you are ready for rsync. See the well written manual

man rsync

, where you can find what you need.

rsync -avn source-directory/ target-directory

will list what is new (and needs to be copied)

rsync -av source-directory/ target-directory

will do the copying.

If you want it done automatically, make a cron job of it!

[koenn]

If you want it done automatically, make a cron job of it!

if you want it done automatically on every change (triggered, rather than scheduled), you might want
this http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_watch.htm
or
this http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-i...e-directories/

[sudodus]

incron seems to be a very good alternative

[Surox]

thnx for the help, got it working