Recursive Directory File Transfer

dir_transfer.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
# Edit these vars for transfer process
HOST="user@host-or-ip"
LOCALDIR="/var/backups/database"
REMOTEDIR="/path/to/base-dir"
MVDIR="/var/moved-backups/database"
 
# Transfer Files to external server
scp -P 22 -r $LOCALDIR $HOST":"$REMOTEDIR
 
if [ "$(ls -A $LOCALDIR)" ]; then
    mv $LOCALDIR/* $MVDIR
    echo -e "Transfer Backups Across Servers ... Moved files to /var/moved-backups/database \n"
else
    echo "$LOCALDIR is Empty \n"
fi