MacOS automation and workflows

script.sh

# 2. The same as 1. but instead of watching changes, this script runs sheduled
# use this for larger folders
# either use https://launched.zerowidth.com/plists/rt8LaZeMvL or follow those steps
# create a folder for this LaunchAgent
mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents
# create a LaunchAgent file
nano ~/Library/LaunchAgents/launched.sycn.plist
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/launched.sycn.plist
launchctl list | grep sync
# content of the file, replace "ADD RSYNC COMMAND" with your command
# this LaunchAgent runs every day at 9am
# if this requires a particular network share, you may use if/then or a bash scrip
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>launched.sync</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>sh</string>
      <string>-c</string>
      <string>ADD RSYNC COMMAND</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <array>
      <dict>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>9</integer>
        <key>Weekday</key>
        <integer>1</integer>
      </dict>
    </array>
  </dict>
</plist>

scripts.sh

# 1. Automator script to sync local development files to a remote storage
# create a folder action and assign it to the folder you want to watch
# this command will sync files from source folder to the remote folder
# it excludes a couple of folders that don't contain important files
sync --archive \
      --extended-attributes \
      --delete  \
      --exclude='.venv'  \
      --exclude='.vscode'  \
      --exclude='*DS_Store*'  \
      --exclude='.git*'  \
      --exclude='.env'  \
      --exclude='__pycache__'  \
      --cvs-exclude  \
      source/  \
      target  \
      >> ~/log.log