keep your $HOME in sync

homesync.sh

#!/bin/zsh

# CONFIG

SERVER="example.com"
# Don't put trailing slashes btw.
REMOTEDIRECTORY="" # Set to "backup" to push to home directory of remote user. WARNING: Beginning with "/" will push to the remote root directory.
LOCALDIRECTORY="$HOME"
# REMOTEUSER="ambrosechua"
LOG=".homesync.log"
HIDDENFILES=".oh-my-zsh .minecraft .irssi"

# END CONFIG

REMOTEPREFIX="$USER@$SERVER:$REMOTEDIRECTORY"
LOCALPREFIX="$LOCALDIRECTORY"
FILES="$(ls -m $LOCALPREFIX | sed 's/\ /\\/g' | sed 's/\,\\/\ /g') $HIDDENFILES $LOG"
FILES="$(echo $FILES | sed 's/\ /:/g' | sed 's/\\/\ /g' )"
FILES=("${(s/:/)FILES}")

echo >> "$LOG"
echo "$(date): Sync triggered" >> "$LOG"

echo "Checking for connectivity to $SERVER"
ssh "$USER@$SERVER" cat /proc/cpuinfo > /dev/null 2>&1
STATUS=$?

if [[ $STATUS -eq 0 ]]; then
	echo "$(date): $SERVER is up" >> "$LOG"
	echo "$SERVER is up! "
	echo
	echo "Files to sync: "
	echo
	echo $FILES
	echo
	echo "Syncing from $LOCALPREFIX to $REMOTEPREFIX"
	echo
	echo -n "Starting sync in 5..."
	sleep 1
	echo -n "4..."
	sleep 1
	echo -n "3..."
	sleep 1
	echo -n "2..."
	sleep 1
	echo -n "1..."
	sleep 1
	echo

	echo "$(date): Starting sync" >> "$LOG"

	for f in $FILES; do

		echo "Syncing $f"
		echo "$(date): Syncing $f" >> "$LOG"

		rsync -aHxu --numeric-ids --delete --progress -e "ssh -T -c arcfour -o Compression=no -x" $LOCALPREFIX/$f $REMOTEPREFIX$f # > /dev/stdout >> "$LOG"

		echo "Synced $f"
		echo "$(date): Synced $f" >> "$LOG"

	done;

	# CUSTOM
	echo "Syncing /Applications"
	echo "$(date): Syncing /Applications to Applications/root" >> "$LOG"
	rsync -aHxu --numeric-ids --delete --progress -e "ssh -T -c arcfour -o Compression=no -x" /Applications ambrosechua@example.com:Applications/root
	echo "Synced /Applications"
	echo "$(date): Synced /Applications to Applications/root" >> "$LOG"

	echo "Sync complete! "
	echo "$(date): Sync complete" >> "$LOG"
	echo >> "$LOG"

else;

	echo "$(date): $SERVER is unreachable" >> "$LOG"
	echo "$SERVER is unreachable. "

fi;