07-25-2010
Watch directory and move specific file extensions
Hi all,
This is actually more for my lazyness then anything else, but I think others might find it useful to use as well. Basically this is what I am trying to achieve...
In my ubuntu home dir under Downloads is where firefox saves everything by default, now I know that you can manually specify anywhere that you want things saved to but, this would just be not lazy enough as I love the convenience of hitting download etc.
So, I have created a basic little mv script that moves certain file types out and sorts them in directories throughout my home dir. ie. .torrent files get placed in a directory called Torrents, avi/mpg/wmv get placed in Videos and .mp3 get placed in Music (hmm gotta take that further also).
So, currently this script is just running as a every minute cron, however, this still isn't soon enough, I want it to be instant! using watch or sumthing like that. Problem is I use uTorrent webUI and when I save a file I go to upload it through the interface but it isn't in the torrents directory yet, so I go back to the Downloads folder but it's now moved... gets rather annoying.
So yeah if anyone can help me out on how to watch a directory for files and when something matches criteria (ie. .mp3) then move it to directory X, would be mighty appreciated.
Thanks,
Aaron.
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mvdir(1M) mvdir(1M)
NAME
mvdir - move a directory
SYNOPSIS
dir newdir
DESCRIPTION
moves one directory tree into another existing directory (within the same file system), or renames a directory without moving it.
dir must be an existing directory.
If newdir does not exist but the directory that would contain it does, dir is moved and/or renamed to newdir. Otherwise, newdir must be an
existing directory not already containing an entry with the same name as the last pathname component of dir. In this case, dir is moved
and becomes a subdirectory of newdir. The last pathname component of dir is used as the name for the moved directory.
refuses to move dir if the path specified by newdir would be a descendent directory of the path specified by dir. Such cases are not
allowed because cyclic sub-trees would be created as in the case, for example, of which is prohibited.
does not allow directory to be moved.
Only users who have appropriate privileges can use
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.
AUTHOR
was developed by OSF and HP.
SEE ALSO
cp(1), mkdir(1), mv(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
mvdir(1M)