A simple shell script to sync media to my Atrix (android) phone.

android_rsync.sh

#!/bin/sh

RSYNC_DEFAULT_OPTIONS="-r -t -v -L --ignore-existing --delete --stats --progress"
RSYNC_TEMP_DIR="./tmp_rsync_dir/"

# Sources
ITUNES_PODCASTS_DIR="/Users/adam/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Podcasts/"
ITUNES_MUSIC_DIR="/Users/adam/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/"
ALBUMS=(
  "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony/Strength & Loyalty"
  "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony/The Collection Volume Two"
  "Forever The Sickest Kids/Forever The Sickest Kids"
  "Eminem/The Slim Shady LP"
  "Rebelution/Bright Side Of Life"
  "Rebelution/Courage To Grow"
  "Rise Against/Endgame"
  "The Ataris/So Long, Astoria"
  "The Rocket Summer/Of Men And Angels"
  "Thrice/Beggars"
  "Thrice/Vheissu"
)

# Destinations
ATRIX_PODCASTS_DIR="/Volumes/ATRIXSD/Podcasts/"
ATRIX_MUSIC_DIR="/Volumes/ATRIXSD/Music/"

# Sync podcasts
rsync $RSYNC_DEFAULT_OPTIONS "$ITUNES_PODCASTS_DIR" "$ATRIX_PODCASTS_DIR"

# Sync music
for album in "${ALBUMS[@]}"; do
  mkdir -p "${RSYNC_TEMP_DIR}${album}"
  ln -fs "${ITUNES_MUSIC_DIR}${album}" "${RSYNC_TEMP_DIR}${album}"
done

rsync $RSYNC_DEFAULT_OPTIONS "$RSYNC_TEMP_DIR" "$ATRIX_MUSIC_DIR"
rm -rf "${RSYNC_TEMP_DIR}"