Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/bash
    PIDFILE=/var/log/rsync/fortrust_sync.pid
    LOGFILE=/var/log/rsync/fortrust_sync.log

    [[ -r $PIDFILE ]] && ps -p $(< $PIDFILE) 2>/dev/null && {
      echo "program already running" >> $LOGFILE
      exit 1
    }
rm -f $PIDFILE
echo $$ > $PIDFILE

# Source Machine Name (This is local)
SOURCE="SOURCEMACHINE"

# Destination host machine name (This is a remote machine)
DEST="DESTINATIONMACHINE"


# User that rsync will connect as
# Are you sure that you want to run as root, though?
USER="User"

# Directory to copy from on the source machine.
BACKDIR="/storback/rman"

# Directory to copy to on the destination machine.
DESTDIR="/mnt/storage/storback/"

# excludes file - Contains wildcard patterns of files to exclude.
# i.e., *~, *.bak, etc.  One "pattern" per line.
# You must create this file.
#EXCLUDES=/rsync/excludes

# Options.
# -n Don't do any copying, but display what rsync *would* copy. For testing.
# -a Archive. Mainly propogate file permissions, ownership, timestamp, etc.
# -u Update. Don't copy file if file on destination is newer.
# -v Verbose -vv More verbose. -vvv Even more verbose.
# See man rsync for other options.

# For testing.  Only displays what rsync *would* do and does no actual copying.
# OPTS="-n -vv -u -a --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --stats --progress"
# Does copy, but still gives a verbose display of what it is doing
OPTS="-v -u -a --progress --rsh=ssh --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --stats"
# Copies and does no display at all.
#OPTS="--archive --update --rsh=ssh --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --quiet"

# May be needed if run by cron
export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

# Only run rsync if $DEST responds.
VAR=`ping -s 1 -c 1 $DEST > /dev/null; echo $?`
if [ $VAR -eq 0 ]; then
echo $DEST ALIVE
else
    echo "Cannot connect to $DEST."
fi

# Only run rsync if $SOURCE responds.
VAR=`ping -s 1 -c 1 $SOURCE > /dev/null; echo $?`
if [ $VAR -eq 0 ]; then
echo $SOURCE ALIVE
rsync $OPTS $BACKDIR $USER@$DEST:$DESTDIR
else
    echo "Cannot connect to $SOURCE."
fi
rm -f $PIDFILE

dirsize=`find $BACKDIR -type d -a -prune |wc -l`
let splits= "($dirsize+1) / $THREADS"
find  $BACKDIR-type d -a -prune  | split -l $splits 
#split outputs files like xxa xxb etc
#tell each rsync instance to use a different file