[K12OSN] Way OT: scripting help

[Les Mikesell]

Dan Young wrote:

>> I've always thought rsync missed a feature by not having an option to
>> move files - that is, delete the source (only) after a successful
>> transfer.  But, it is pretty reliable and a lot easier to script around
>> than other file transfer methods.
> 
> rsync exits non-zero if the transfer is not successful. What's wrong with:
> 
> rsync -avP -e ssh /foo root at dest:/foo && rm -f /foo

You have to run it per-file that way - and know the filename.  I usually 
do whole directory trees or wild-card filenames and would often like it 
to be interruptible and pick up where it left off when you restart it. 
For example, to gather web server logs from a farm of servers to one 
place I use a wildcard filename in the rsync request, then after the run 
completes I have to expand the filename list in the receiving directory 
and ssh a command back to remove those files.  This works, but only 
because the names are date-stamped and unique.  It would be a lot 
cleaner if rsync had the option to do it as soon as it knows the 
transfer is complete and successful.

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   Les Mikesell
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