sync_notes

#!/usr/bin/bash

SOURCE_DIR="/home/thomas/Documents/obsidian/vaults/school/"
DEST_DIR="/media/school/obsidian/"

# rsync options
# -a: archive mode (preserves permissions, timestamps, etc.)
# -r: recursive
# -l: links (copies symbolic links)
# -p: perms (preserves permissions i.e. rwx)
# -t: times (preserves modification times)
# -D: devices (preserves device files, if any)
# -v: verbose (show progress)
# -h: human-readable (sizes)
# --delete: remove files from DEST_DIR if they no longer exist in SOURCE_DIR
# --dry-run: (OPTIONAL) Add this for testing, remove for actual sync
BASE_RSYNC_OPTIONS="-rlptDvh --delete"

DRY_RUN_OPT=""

if [[ "$1" == "-d" || "$1" == "--dry-run" ]]; then
  DRY_RUN_OPT="--dry-run"
  /usr/bin/echo "Dry run enabled"
  # shift args so the rest of script doesn't see '-d' as a path
  shift
fi

RSYNC_OPTIONS="$BASE_RSYNC_OPTIONS $DRY_RUN_OPT"

/usr/bin/echo "Starting rsync synchronization..."
/usr/bin/echo "Source: $SOURCE_DIR"
/usr/bin/echo "Destination: $DEST_DIR"
/usr/bin/echo "Options: $RSYNC_OPTIONS"
/usr/bin/echo "---------------------------------"

/usr/bin/rsync $RSYNC_OPTIONS "$SOURCE_DIR" "$DEST_DIR"

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  /usr/bin/echo "-----------------------------"
  /usr/bin/echo "Rsync completed successfully!"
else
  /usr/bin/echo "--------------------------------"
  /usr/bin/echo "Rsync failed with error code $?."
  /usr/bin/echo "Check output above for details."
fi