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Old 04-06-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by apmcd47
Somehow by the way pasaico is copying the files the fourth file is the first to be created. As soon as it is created inotifywait exits and there is a full ten seconds before it is run again. I imagine the wildcard expansion is faster than the copy which is why only one file is seen. When I tested the code 1.xlsx was copied.

Original script (modified for testing by me):
Code:
#!/bin/bash
HOTFOLDER=$PWD/HOTFOLDER

    while inotifywait -e create ${HOTFOLDER} ; do

    for fullname in ${HOTFOLDER}/*.xlsx; do
 
    if ! [ -d "$fullname" ]; then
            send=${HOTFOLDER}/$(date +'SEND-%F')
            sleep 10s
                    mkdir -p $send
                    mv -- "$fullname" $send
    fi

    done
    done

If we put that sleep statement between the while and for statements you give the copy time to catch up. Try it.

This is the solution I proposed (now properly coded):
Code:
#!/bin/bash
HOTFOLDER=$PWD/HOTFOLDER2

inotifywait -q -m -e create ${HOTFOLDER} | while read folder event file
do
   if [[ "$event" =~ ^CREATE$ ]] && [[ "${file}" =~ \.xlsx$ ]]
   then
      fullpath="$folder/$file"
      send=${HOTFOLDER}/$(date +'SEND-%F')
      mkdir -p "${send}" && mv "${fullpath}" "${send}"
   fi
done

Now, every time a file is copied or otherwise created the while loop is run. I am checking for a CREATE rather than a CREATE,ISDIR and the file has the correct extension.

Andrew
Maybe you're right, but the strange thing is that this script worked for months.

Now anyway
I also modified your script by inserting sleep 10s before MKDIR and it works ok

Code:
#!/bin/bash
HOTFOLDER=$PWD/HOTFOLDER2

inotifywait -q -m -e create ${HOTFOLDER} | while read folder event file
do
   if [[ "$event" =~ ^CREATE$ ]] && [[ "${file}" =~ \.xlsx$ ]]
   then
      fullpath="$folder/$file"
      send=${HOTFOLDER}/$(date +'SEND-%F')
      sleep 10s
      mkdir -p "${send}" && mv "${fullpath}" "${send}"
   fi
done

thanks for the suggestion and the help
 

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