joplin-notes/joplin notion extension/linux/Snippets/Bidirectional sync.md

Bidirectional sync https://sentrytwo.com/6bb78a2539

sync_directories1.sh

#!/bin/bash


# SOURCE="/home/hpes/Videos/impnew/notes/keepaas_offline"
# DESTINATION=" /home/hpes/Dropbox_keepaas/Apps/Keepaas2Android"

SOURCE=$1
DESTINATION=$2

db_name= "main.kdbx"

SOURCE_FILE="$SOURCE/${db_name}"
DESTINATION_FILE= "$DESTINATION/${db_name}"

# Function to sync directories
sync_directories() {
#     rsync -avu --ignore-existing  "$SOURCE/${db_name}" "$DESTINATION/${db_name}"
    rsync -avu   "$SOURCE/${db_name}" "$DESTINATION/${db_name}"
}


# Ensure initial sync
sync_directories



# Monitor the source directory for any activity, and sync upon changes
inotifywait -mre close_write,create,delete,move "$SOURCE" |
    while read -r directory events filename; do
        sync_directories
    done

sync_directories.sh

#!/bin/bash


# SOURCE="/home/hpes/Videos/impnew/notes/keepaas_offline"
# DESTINATION=" /home/hpes/Dropbox_keepaas/Apps/Keepaas2Android"

SOURCE=$1
DESTINATION=$2

db_name= "main.kdbx"

SOURCE_FILE="$SOURCE/${db_name}"
DESTINATION_FILE= "$DESTINATION/${db_name}"

# Function to sync directories
sync_directories2() {
       rsync -avu   "$DESTINATION/${db_name}" "$SOURCE/${db_name}"
}

# Ensure initial sync
sync_directories2



# Monitor the source directory for any activity, and sync upon changes
inotifywait -mre close_write,create,delete,move "$SOURCE" |
    while read -r directory events filename; do
        sync_directories2
    done

sync1.sh

/home/hpes/Videos/imp/scripts/sync_directories/sync_directories1.sh /home/hpes/Videos/impnew/notes/keepaas_offline /home/hpes/Dropbox_keepaas/Apps/Keepaas2Android

sync2.sh

/home/hpes/Videos/imp/scripts/sync_directories/sync_directories2.sh /home/hpes/Videos/impnew/notes/keepaas_offline /home/hpes/Dropbox_keepaas/Apps/Keepaas2Android

 

sync_bi.sh

#!/bin/bash

SCREEN_NAME1="sync1"
SCREEN_NAME1_SCRIPT_PATH="/home/hpes/Videos/imp/scripts/sync_directories/sync1.sh"
SCREEN_NAME2="sync2"
SCREEN_NAME2_SCRIPT_PATH="/home/hpes/Videos/imp/scripts/sync_directories/sync2.sh"

start_script() {
    # Check if the screen session already exists
    if screen -list | grep -q "$SCREEN_NAME1"; then
        echo "Session already exists. Please stop it first or choose another name."
        exit 1
    fi

    # Start the screen session detached mode
    screen -dmS $SCREEN_NAME1 "$SCREEN_NAME1_SCRIPT_PATH"
    screen -dmS $SCREEN_NAME2 "$SCREEN_NAME2_SCRIPT_PATH"

    echo "Script started in background under screen session '$SCREEN_NAME1' and '$SCREEN_NAME2'."
}

stop_script() {
    # Kill the screen session
    screen -S $SCREEN_NAME1 -X quit
    screen -S $SCREEN_NAME2 -X quit
    echo "Screen session '$SCREEN_NAME1' and '$SCREEN_NAME2' stopped."
}

# Check argument passed
if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
    exit 1
fi

case "$1" in
    start)
        start_script
        ;;
    stop)
        stop_script
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Invalid option: $1"
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

#  screen -dmS sync1 ./sync1.sh
#  screen -dmS sync2 ./sync2.sh

Finally in .bashrc add

# creating alias for starting sync
alias startsync="/home/hpes/Videos/imp/scripts/sync_directories/screen/sync_bi.sh start"

# run command for starting sync
startsync

# creating alias for stopping sync
alias closesync="/home/hpes/Videos/imp/scripts/sync_directories/screen/sync_bi.sh stop"