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October 23, 2020 07:39
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Live monitor for any new file creation and copy them to destn location : Used for write-only back-up for new files
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| srcdir="/tmp"; inotifywait -e close_write --format "%f" --monitor $srcdir | | |
| while IFS= read -r line | |
| do | |
| echo $line | |
| cp "$srcdir/$line" . #this would not replicate directories | |
| # tar cf - "$line" | tar -C destination/ xf - #this should replicate directories | |
| done |
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