A Shell Script to Copy All files with Same Structure

This shell script is designed for a specific task required for our server. So sharing the script with Tecadmin readers. It might be helpful for you.

Requirement

Our requirement is to copy all files created in directory to other directory with same directory structure. Script will run on a regular interval, search for all files created in source directory and copy them to destination directory. The script must maintain the same directory structure on destination directory. After that change the permission on destination directory. After successful copy of file, script must remove the file from source directory.

Shell Script

Create a shell script on your system and add below content. Update source and destination directories to proper location.

Set CHANGE_OWNERSHIP to 0, if you don’t want to change ownership on destination files.

#!/bin/bash

#####################      Variables     #############################

### Set the proper source and destination directory location

SOURCE_DIR="/source/dir/"
DEST_DIR="/desination/dir/"
TMP_FILE=/tmp/copyfileslist.txt

### Set the username and group name to set permission on copied files
### Set CHANGE_OWNERSHIP to 1 to change ownership or 0 to unchanged it

CHANGE_OWNERSHIP=1
USER='root'
GROUP='root'


########### Do not edit below this until required  #################

### Test if source directory exists
### The script will stop if source not exists

if [ -d "${SOURCE_DIR}" ]; then
        echo "Source directory found"
else
        echo "Source directory not found. Please check above variables are set correctly"
        echo "script exited"
        exit 1
fi

### Test if destination directory exists
### The script will create destination directory if not exists.
### If failed to create directory, the script will terminate

if [ -d "${DEST_DIR}" ]; then
        echo "Destination directory found, all ok"
else
        echo "Destination directory not found, creating now"
        mkdir -p "${DEST_DIR}"
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                echo "Successfully created destination directory."
        else
                echo "Failed to create destination directory. Script exited"
                exit 1
        fi
fi


### Copy all files available on source directory
### After successfully copying file remove it from source directory.

cd "${SOURCE_DIR}"

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        find . -type f > ${TMP_FILE}

        while read CURRENT_FILE_NAME
        do
                cp --parents "${CURRENT_FILE_NAME}" "${DEST_DIR}"
                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                        echo "File ${CURRENT_FILE_NAME} successfully copied."
                        rm -f "${CURRENT_FILE_NAME}"
                else
                        echo "File ${CURRENT_FILE_NAME} failed to copy"
                fi
        done < ${TMP_FILE}
        rm -f ${TMP_FILE}
fi


## Set the permissions after copying files

if [ ${CHANGE_OWNERSHIP} -eq 1 ]; then
	sudo chmod 775 -R "${DEST_DIR}"
	sudo chown ${USER}:${GROUP} -R "${DEST_DIR}"
fi

###################  End of Script  ###################################

#!/bin/bash

##################### Variables #############################

### Set the proper source and destination directory location

SOURCE_DIR="/source/dir/"

DEST_DIR="/desination/dir/"

TMP_FILE=/tmp/copyfileslist.txt

### Set the username and group name to set permission on copied files

### Set CHANGE_OWNERSHIP to 1 to change ownership or 0 to unchanged it

CHANGE_OWNERSHIP=1

USER='root'

GROUP='root'

########### Do not edit below this until required #################

### Test if source directory exists

### The script will stop if source not exists

if [ -d "${SOURCE_DIR}" ]; then

echo "Source directory found"

else

echo "Source directory not found. Please check above variables are set correctly"

echo "script exited"

exit 1

### Test if destination directory exists

### The script will create destination directory if not exists.

### If failed to create directory, the script will terminate

if [ -d "${DEST_DIR}" ]; then

echo "Destination directory found, all ok"

else

echo "Destination directory not found, creating now"

mkdir -p "${DEST_DIR}"

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

echo "Successfully created destination directory."

else

echo "Failed to create destination directory. Script exited"

exit 1

### Copy all files available on source directory

### After successfully copying file remove it from source directory.

cd "${SOURCE_DIR}"

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

find . -type f > ${TMP_FILE}

while read CURRENT_FILE_NAME

cp --parents "${CURRENT_FILE_NAME}" "${DEST_DIR}"

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

echo "File ${CURRENT_FILE_NAME} successfully copied."

rm -f "${CURRENT_FILE_NAME}"

else

echo "File ${CURRENT_FILE_NAME} failed to copy"

done < ${TMP_FILE}

rm -f ${TMP_FILE}

## Set the permissions after copying files

if [ ${CHANGE_OWNERSHIP} -eq 1 ]; then

sudo chmod 775 -R "${DEST_DIR}"

sudo chown ${USER}:${GROUP} -R "${DEST_DIR}"

################### End of Script ###################################

Save your file and close it.

Then set the execute permission to the script file.

chmod +x script.sh

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