09-06-2018
Hello,
This is not homework, it is an idea for a more automated workflow. We have a folder (/tmp/test) that an application listens to. When a file is moved into that folder, it processes and deletes the file. Basically I have work to do in the /tmp files and I need to throttle how much I send to the application /tmp/test so I do not crash the application. This is done manually today (someone moves the files to /tmp/test periodically). I am hoping we can automate this to save time.
- It is not that 1,200 files per minute will move but up to 1,200 files may move (if they exist).
- There is another process in /tmp/test that processes any file dropped in that folder. The problem is that I cannot move all the files at once or I risk overloading the workflow. The goal is to systematically throttle the files coming into /tmp/test to avoid this.
Linux Version: Sangoma Linux release 7.4.1710 (ID_LIKE="centos rhel fedora")
Shell Version: GNU bash, version 4.2.46(2)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
I don't have a lot of experience in scripting, but I know I need the mv command to move the files. I think I need the touch command to dictate when to move the files.
I also know I can get file counts by using the
ls /tmp/*.rmdcall |wc -l command.
I am just not sure how to string these all together, and time is currently not on my side. Any insights? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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LEARN ABOUT V7
dh_movefiles
DH_MOVEFILES(1) Debhelper DH_MOVEFILES(1)
NAME
dh_movefiles - move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages
SYNOPSIS
dh_movefiles [debhelperoptions] [--sourcedir=dir] [-Xitem] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
dh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files out of debian/tmp or some other directory and into other package
build directories. This may be useful if your package has a Makefile that installs everything into debian/tmp, and you need to break that
up into subpackages.
Note: dh_install is a much better program, and you are recommended to use it instead of dh_movefiles.
FILES
debian/package.files
Lists the files to be moved into a package, separated by whitespace. The filenames listed should be relative to debian/tmp/. You can
also list directory names, and the whole directory will be moved.
OPTIONS
--sourcedir=dir
Instead of moving files out of debian/tmp (the default), this option makes it move files out of some other directory. Since the entire
contents of the sourcedir is moved, specifying something like --sourcedir=/ is very unsafe, so to prevent mistakes, the sourcedir must
be a relative filename; it cannot begin with a `/'.
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being installed.
file ...
Lists files to move. The filenames listed should be relative to debian/tmp/. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory
will be moved. It is an error to list files here unless you use -p, -i, or -a to tell dh_movefiles which subpackage to put them in.
NOTES
Note that files are always moved out of debian/tmp by default (even if you have instructed debhelper to use a compatibility level higher
than one, which does not otherwise use debian/tmp for anything at all). The idea behind this is that the package that is being built can be
told to install into debian/tmp, and then files can be moved by dh_movefiles from that directory. Any files or directories that remain are
ignored, and get deleted by dh_clean later.
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
11.1.6ubuntu2 2018-05-10 DH_MOVEFILES(1)