Generate .csv formatted basic metadata, fast to obtain, but allowing heuristics for syncing files or initial eastimation of backup/sync coverage. ( And yes, I know that this find command will not properly encode filenames containing quotes according to csv standard )
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Generate .csv formatted basic metadata, fast to obtain, but allowing heuristics for syncing files or initial eastimation of backup/sync coverage. | |
fullpath="${1:-$PWD}" | |
dest="${2:-"$fullpath"/basic_files_metadata.csv.gz}" | |
hostname="${3:-"$(hostname)"}" | |
echo "find \"${fullpath}\" -type f -exec stat --format=\"%i,%Y,%s,%m,%n\" \"{}\" \\; > \"${dest}\"" | |
echo "Progress in lines generated:" | |
(echo "inode,modification_ts,size,hostname,mount,path"; | |
find "${fullpath}" -type f -exec stat --format="%i,%Y,%s,${hostname},%m,%n" "{}" \; | |
) | pv -l | gzip > "${dest}" | |
echo -n Finished: | |
ls -lha "${dest}" |
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