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A program that monitors a directory for file names matching keywords specified in a configuration file and copies files to another location.

Installation

  1. If monitoring a remote host over SSHFS

Linux

  1. Install sshfs
  2. Mount remote host.

Windows

  1. Install Dokan library and Dokan SSHFS
  2. Mount remote host.

OSX

If monitoring a remote host over SSHFS:

  1. Install MacFusion
  2. Mount remote host.

Configuration

The configuration file syncgenie.ini must reside in the same location as the binary.

There is a main [SyncGenie] section which must contain at least

watch_directory = /some/location

You may have as many other sections as you'd like.

[Whatever]
keywords = this, (that|other) / another, group, of, matches
destination = /overthere

When a file contains the keywords, this, that, and other (case insensitive search) the file will be copied in 32 KB chunks to destination.

Required

[SyncGenie]

  • watch_directory (string) - Operating System path, if on Windows double up backslashes, e.g. C:\

Sections

  • keywords (string) - List of words separated by commads. Will match on all keywords. You a / to divide up sections. Regular expressions supported
  • destination (string) - Operating System path, if on Windows double up backslashes, e.g. C:\

Optional

[SyncGenie]

  • watch_directory_poll (integer) - Number of seconds to poll directory
  • watch_directory_max_depth (interger) - -1 means full depth, otherwise limit directory descent by n
  • run_when_done (string) - Executable with arguments to run when a download completes
  • concurrent_copies (integer) - Number of concurrent copies that may happen at one time
  • verbose_listing (boolean) - Whether or not to list files during index time
  • age_before_copy (integer) - Number of seconds to wait for a file to stop being modified

Sections

  • keywords_directories (string) - List of words separated by commads. Will match directory names. Regular expressions supported

Running

Linux / OSX

$ ./syncgenie

Windows

  1. Open a command prompt
  2. Navigate to binary location
  3. Run syncgenie.exe

Author

Adam Flott, adam@npjh.com

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