(SOLVED)How to sync files to a USB stick, INCLUDING DELETING

[ericramos1990]

Hey guys!

I have a question regarding a script I have to copy all of my music to my phone.

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cp -ruv /home/eric/music/* '/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage/music'

However, there is one additional thing I want to do.

If I delete some songs from my computer, how can I get this script to simply delete them from my phone as well?

I know I can do rm
'/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage/music'
and then
cp -ruv /home/eric/music/* '/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage/music'

But that will take an unneeded amount of time.

Please let me know if you don't understand what I am trying to ask, thanks guys I hope you have an answer!

[ericramos1990]

Bumpiddy bump? O.o

[ericramos1990]

Final bump sorry guys

[Habitual]

Hey guys!
I have a question regarding a script I have to copy all of my music to my phone.

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cp -ruv /home/eric/music/* '/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage/music'

However, there is one additional thing I want to do.
If I delete some songs from my computer, how can I get this script to simply delete them from my phone as well?

Use rsync with --delete option. Anything NOT found in /home/eric/music will be deleted from "Internal storage/music.

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rsync -avz /home/eric/music "/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage" --no-perms --delete

do a test...

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touch /home/eric/music/myfake.mp3

now rsync it with

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rsync -avz /home/eric/music "/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage" --no-perms

one of the very first files shown to be copied should be

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sending incremental file list
./
myfake,mp3

Now check for it with:

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find `pwd` "/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage" -name myfake.mp3 -type f

and that should spit out

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/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage/music/myfake.mp3

Now we are cooking with gas so, now delete the /home/eric/music/myfake.mp3 and use this from now on:

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rsync -avz /home/eric/music "/media/MyAndroid/Internal storage" --no-perms --delete

and everything NOT present in /home/eric/music will NOT be present in /media/MyAndroid/Internal storage after doing so.

adding an n to -avz (-avzn) will do a "dry-run".
so try that too before committing to using the --delete option of rysnc.

If you get nervous or stuck,. shoot me a PM and we'll go over it.

[ericramos1990]

Habitual, thank you sssoo much!

You honestly had to simply say the word "rsync" and I would have been perfectly fine researching it.

So thanks a lot for taking the time to make a whole tutorial on it I really appreciate it!

I tried it, and it is exactly what I wanted, I will immediately change it to solved!

I hope this helps others as well!

[Habitual]

Glad it worked out.

[Cammo]

Hey Habitual, I know this is an old post, but thanks for the tutorial - helped me out too.

[Habitual]

Hey Habitual, I know this is an old post, but thanks for the tutorial - helped me out too.

The mechanics of rsync haven't changed in ages, Glad this info helped you out.