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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script to tar/rsync/rm multiple folder names Post 302971267 by robertkwild on Monday 18th of April 2016 11:45:36 AM
Old 04-18-2016
Code:
#!/bin/bash
cd /to_be_archived/
for DIR in * ;

do
SaveDir="${DIR##*/}"
MailAddress="robertw@molinare.co.uk"

tar -cf "$SaveDir".tar "$SaveDir"

if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
mail -s "failed "$SaveDir" " $MailAddress <<< "creating of tar "$SaveDir" failed due to error, removing "$SaveDir".tar"
rm -f "$SaveDir".tar
continue
fi

rsync -a "$SaveDir".tar /archived_projects/

if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
mail -s "failed "$SaveDir" " $MailAddress <<< "rsync of "$SaveDir" failed due to error"
continue
fi

rm -f "$SaveDir".tar

if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
mail -s "failed "$SaveDir" " $MailAddress <<< "removing of tar "$SaveDir" failed due to error"
continue
fi

rm -rf "$SaveDir"

if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
mail -s "failed "$SaveDir" " $MailAddress <<< "removing of "$SaveDir" failed due to error"
continue
else
mail -s "success "$SaveDir" " $MailAddress <<< "successfully completed archiving "$SaveDir" "
fi

done

Last edited by robertkwild; 04-18-2016 at 12:50 PM..
 

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reporter-upload

REPORTER-UPLOAD(1)						 LIBREPORT MANUAL						REPORTER-UPLOAD(1)

NAME

       reporter-upload - Uploads compressed tarball of problem directory.

SYNOPSIS

       reporter-upload [-c CONFFILE]... [-d DIR] [-u URL]

DESCRIPTION

       The tool is used to create a compressed tarball of the problem directory and upload it to a URL. Supported protocols include FTP, FTPS,
       HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP and FILE.

   Configuration file
       Configuration file contains entries in a format "Option = Value".

       The options are:

       URL
	   The URL where tarball should be uploaded.

   Integration with ABRT events
       reporter-upload can be used as a reporter, to allow users to upload compressed tarballs of problem directories to a configured URL. This
       usage can be configured in /etc/libreport/report_event.conf:

	   EVENT=report_Upload reporter-upload

       It can be also used on the post-create event to upload it automatically.

	   EVENT=post-create reporter-upload

OPTIONS

       -d DIR
	   Path to problem directory.

       -c CONFFILE
	   Path to configuration file. When used in ABRT event system, the file contains site-wide configuration. Users can change the values via
	   environment variables.

       -u URL
	   The URL where tarball should be uploaded. URL should have form protocol://[user[:pass]@]host/dir/[file.tar.gz] where protocol can be
	   http(s), ftp, scp, or file. File protocol can't have user and host parts: file.tar.gz[1]. If URL ends with a slash, the archive name
	   will be generated and appended to URL; otherwise, URL will be used as full file name.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       Environment variables take precedence over values provided in the configuration file.

       Upload_URL
	   The URL where should be the tarball uploaded.

AUTHORS

       o   ABRT team

NOTES

	1. file.tar.gz
	   file:///dir/

LIBREPORT 2.1.11						    06/18/2014							REPORTER-UPLOAD(1)
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