rsync files from subfolders on source to root of a folder on destination

[Greg Deback (rsync)]

If I were you, I would start by creating a unique folder, the image of
Destination/, and fill it with symlinks to your flac files, using -exec,
*then* calling rsync only once with the -L option (--copy-links). Thus you
should be able to benefit from the --delete option and keep an up-to-date
destination tree... but take care of the corrupted symlinks (another -exec
loop?).
Greg

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:50 AM, James Robertson <j at mesrobertson.com> wrote:

> I wish to sync a bunch of flac files that reside in various subfolders
> to the root of a folder on a destination.
>
> An example of the directory structure on the source is:
>
> source> tree Music/
> Music/
> ├── R
> │   ├── Radiohead
> │   │   └── OK Computer
> │   │       ├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
> │   │       ├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
> │   └── Red Hot Chilli Peppers
> │       └── Greatest Hits
> │           ├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
> │           ├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac
>
> I am using this command which syncs fine but includes the directory
> paths on the destination:
>
> rsync -rltDzvh --delete -e ssh Music/ user at 192.168.1.1:/Destination/
> --include="*/" --include="*.flac" --exclude="*"
>
> So on the destination the structure is:
>
> destination> tree /Destination/
> /Destination/
> ├── R
> │   ├── Radiohead
> │   │   └── OK Computer
> │   │       ├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
> │   │       ├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
> │   └── Red Hot Chilli Peppers
> │       └── Greatest Hits
> │           ├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
> │           ├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac
>
> I want to prune all directories so only the files are placed into the
> root of /Destination/ e.g.
>
> destination> tree /Destination/
> /Destination/
> ├── 01 - Radiohead - Airbag.flac
> ├── 02 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android.flac
> ├── 01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge.flac
> ├── 02 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away.flac
>
> All the files have different names so that's ok and I have reviewed
> the various options in rsync such as --no-relative but have been
> unable to get it working as desired.
>
> I also came up with:
>
> find ./Music/ -name "*.flac" -exec rsync -ltDzvh {} -e ssh
> user at 192.168.1.1:/Destination/ \;
>
> But this means using ssh keys and is probably inefficient and if I
> want to use the --delete it would likely break everything.
>
> So how would I achieve this whilst still being able to use --delete or
> --delete-excluded for times when I add, remove or rename items on my
> Music library on the source and have those changes sync to the
> destination?
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