- rclone ( remote cloning tool )
- cron ( linux scheduler )
- Permissions: execute permissions to "start" script
chmod +x start
- User: The script can only function when run by 'root' because the rclone config file is owned by the 'root' user and has only user +rw permissions (This is to enforce safety of my google drive)
- Configuration: rclone has to be configured manually for now (https://rclone.org/drive/)
- Basic installation of rclone is taken care off, when
SKIP_RCLONE_SETUP="no"parameter is set
- Basic installation of rclone is taken care off, when
- Scheduling: Synchronization script is scheduled using linux cron (
sudo crontab -e)0 18 * * * /home/fr33b1rd/SystemManagement/gdrive-sync/start > /var/log/cron/gdrive-sync.log 2>&1
- Logs: Cron logs flow into syslog (linux defaults)
tail -f -n 20 /var/log/syslog | grep CRON
- Logs: Script logs flow into /var/log/cron/gdrive-sync.log
cat /var/log/cron/gdrive-sync.log- currently these logs are being overwritten to save storage (For appending logs - use '>>' in place of '>')
0 18 * * * /home/fr33b1rd/SystemManagement/gdrive-sync/start >> /var/log/cron/gdrive-sync.log 2>&1
- seperate configuration file for parameters
- multiple synchronization folders
- better log management
- multiple syncronization patterns
- sync local to remote
- sync remote to local
- sync local to remote and remote to local for redundancy
- deletion has to be done manually in both locations
- Non root execution
- Command line arguments for simple operational changes
- Better documentation once the features grow