start a batch after rsync

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Fri, 2004-01-09 11:38:20 +0100, Andreas Moroder <amoroder at sb-brixen.it>
wrote in message <btm0g5$l61$1 at sea.gmane.org>:
> I would like to replicate one file from one machine to a second one with 
>  rsync. After the file is copied ( rsync in read mode ), if the file 
> has changed i must start a small batch, if it has not change I must do 
> nothing.

Ask for very verbose output. Then, you'll either get the filename, or
you'll get "filename is uptodate". So, if you can't find " is uptodate"
in rsync's output, start your script:

$ rsync --many-options-here 2>&1 | grep ' is uptodate$' > /dev/null 2>&1 || ./your_script.sh

Of yourse, fi
MfG, JBG

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