sync_logs

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
# premise: inotify listens for events (create) from media insertion,
# as a background process.
# If a new device is created in /media/$USER and it contains folder mca_logs sync logs

# create a lockfile based on user id
LOCKFILE="/tmp/usb_log_sync_$(id -u).lock"

# If the PID in the lockfile is not running anymore remove else see if its running
if [[ -e "$LOCKFILE" ]]; then

    if kill -0 "$(cat "$LOCKFILE" 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null; then
        echo "Another instance is already running (PID $(cat "$LOCKFILE")). Exiting." >&2
        exit 1
    else
        echo "Removing stale lockfile from previous session..."
        rm -f "$LOCKFILE"
    fi
fi
# PID of current script
echo "$$" > "$LOCKFILE"

# Clean up on exit, terminare, interupt hangup
trap 'rm -f "$LOCKFILE"; exit 0' INT TERM EXIT HUP
# hide executions
#exec 1>/dev/null
#exec 2>/dev/null


WATCHDIR="/media/$USER"

inotifywait -m -e create "$WATCHDIR" --format "%f" | while read DIR; do
    MOUNTPOINT="$WATCHDIR/$DIR"
    #echo $MOUNTPOINT
    # drive is detected before full mount so wait upto 3 seconds
    for i in {1..30}; do
        # if newly inserted device has an mca_logs folder, trigger rsync
        if [[ -d "$MOUNTPOINT/mca_logs" ]]; then
    # where the logs are, relative to where the script is.
    SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
    src="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../logs"
    dst="$MOUNTPOINT/mca_logs"
    cd $src
            find . -type f -mtime -30 -print0 | rsync -av --files-from=- --from0 . "$dst/"
    break
           fi
        sleep 0.1
    done
done

#keep it anyway for future use.
#spawn process from mca.py on init
#import subprocess
#sync_script = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../resources/scripts/synch2.sh")
#subprocess.Popen([sync_script])