Grive autosync with inotify

grive_sync

#!/bin/bash
# Google Drive Grive script that syncs your Google Drive folder on change
# This functionality is currently missing in Grive and there are still no
# official Google Drive app for Linux coming from Google.
#
# This script will only detect local changes and trigger a sync. Remote
# changes will go undetected and are probably still best sync on a periodic
# basis via cron.
#
# Kudos to Nestal Wan for writing the excellent Grive software
# Also thanks to Google for lending some free disk space to me
#
# Peter Österberg, 2012

GRIVE_COMMAND=grive             # Path to your grive binary, change to match your system
GDRIVE_PATH=~/GDrive            # Path to the folder that you want to be synced
GDRIVE_LOG_PATH=/tmp/grive.log  # Path to log file
TIMEOUT=300                     # Timeout time in seconds, for periodic syncs. Nicely pointed out by ivanmacx

while true
do
    inotifywait -t $TIMEOUT -e modify -e move -e create -e delete -r $GDRIVE_PATH
    $GRIVE_COMMAND -l $GDRIVE_LOG_PATH -p $GDRIVE_PATH $GRIVE_OPTIONS --ignore '^FOOBAR/STUFF/*'
done