Where is the directory listing as requested? Did you copy all the files in one go, or one by one? By the way, why don't you mv all .xlsx files in one go?
I do not understand what you mean by directory list.
I copy all the file in one go
the command mv all .xlsx files in one go or not,
move files at once or not? I need it to be one by one.
It is because of the way you were using inotifywait.
Code:
inotifywait -e create /some/dir
will wait for the create event in /some/dir, report that event and exit.
. . .
Yes, but shouldn't the for fullname in /HOTFOLDER/*.xlsx then run across ALL files present? Or do you think it's a race / timing problem? Why, then, would the 4th (i.e. the last) file be treated only?
Quote:
Originally Posted by pasaico
I do not understand what you mean by directory list.
It is because of the way you were using inotifywait.
Code:
inotifywait -e create /some/dir
will wait for the create event in /some/dir, report that event and exit.
You copy 10 files into that directory and only the first is processed because the script is finished (or at least the wildcard *.xlsx is expanded) before the second file is added.
Code:
inotifywait -m -e create /some/dir | while read dir event file
will run the loop for every file added to the directory /some/dir and will process the files one-at-a-time.
Andrew
Andrew,
I had already tried with the -m option but it does not work, not even a file is moved
Code:
while inotifywait -m -e create /HOTFOLDER/ ; do
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
ls /HOTFOLDER/
Why?
Code:
ls /HOTFOLDER/
HOTFOLDER is empty folder
Because this is the part of code that does not work ... there's more but it's not relevant to the problem
Yes, but shouldn't the for fullname in /HOTFOLDER/*.xlsx then run across ALL files present? Or do you think it's a race / timing problem? Why, then, would the 4th (i.e. the last) file be treated only?
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}" "${send}"
fi
done
Now, every time a file is copied or otherwise created the while loop is run. I am checking for a CREATE rather than a CREATE,ISDIR and the file has the correct extension.
Somehow by the way pasaico is copying the files the fourth file is the first to be created. As soon as it is created inotifywait exits and there is a full ten seconds before it is run again. I imagine the wildcard expansion is faster than the copy which is why only one file is seen. When I tested the code 1.xlsx was copied.
Original script (modified for testing by me):
Code:
#!/bin/bash
HOTFOLDER=$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
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