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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Script Question (find, rsync) Post 302579693 by Skrynesaver on Tuesday 6th of December 2011 11:01:48 AM
Old 12-06-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by pmicka
Hello all,

I'm using rsync to maintain two copies of a music library on my main workstation and a server running MPD. I'm wondering about using the script below as a basis for cron to update my MPD db if new files have been added or existing files modified:
Code:
find -type f -iname 'FILENAME' -mmin -10 -exec 'script' \;

Would it be ill advised to simply put ~/music/*.mp3 for FILENAME? with ~160GB of music in that dir?
what file system are you using and what's the limit on the number of files allowed in a directory of that filesystem
Quote:
Originally Posted by pmicka
Would I perhaps be able to use -type d to monitor the directory itself for changes? In which case, what denotes a change to the directory (ie, adding a file?)
perhaps using the -mmin setting on your find call above would work?

But what zaxxon said, what's wrong with rsync?
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

mpd

Music Player Daemon(1)					      General Commands Manual					    Music Player Daemon(1)

NAME

       MPD - A daemon for playing music

SYNOPSIS

       mpd [options] [CONF_FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       MPD  is a daemon for playing music.  Music is played through the configured audio output(s) (which are generally local, but can be remote).
       The daemon stores info about all available music, and this info can be easily searched and retrieved.  Player control, info retrieval,  and
       playlist management can all be managed remotely.

       MPD searches for a config file in ~/.mpdconf then /etc/mpd.conf or uses CONF_FILE.

       Read more about MPD at <http://www.musicpd.org/>.

OPTIONS

       --help Output a brief help message.

       --kill Kill the currently running mpd session.  The pid_file parameter must be specified in the config file for this to work.

       --no-daemon
	      Don't detach from console.

       --stderr
	      Print messages stderr.

       --verbose
	      Verbose logging.

       --version
	      Print version information.

FILES

       ~/.mpdconf
	      User configuration file.

       /etc/mpd.conf
	      Global configuration file.

SEE ALSO

       mpd.conf(5), mpc(1)

BUGS

       If you find a bug, please report it at
       <http://www.musicpd.org/mantis/bug_report_page.php>.

AUTHORS

       Warren Dukes <warren.dukes@gmail.com>

       Special thanks to all the people that provided feedback and patches.

															    Music Player Daemon(1)
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