eliashussary · September 14, 2018 15:29 · Sep 14, 2018
diff --git a/scpbak.sh b/scpbak.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# ====================================================================================
+# 
+# Title:
+#   scpbak.sh
+# 
+# Description:
+#   A simple shell script to transfer files to a remote server, 
+#   followed by adding a suffix to transfered files to mark it as complete.
+#  
+# 
+# Author:
+#   Elias Hussary <[email protected]>
+# 
+# Last Update:
+#   2018-09-14
+# 
+# ====================================================================================
+
+# assign args
+input_dir=$1
+input_glob=$2
+remote_path=$3
+file_suffix=$4
+
+# print args
+echo "
+$(date)
+input_dir=$input_dir
+input_glob=$input_glob
+remote_path=$remote_path
+file_suffix=$file_suffix
+"
+
+# if last arg is null, throw err
+if [ -z $4 ]
+    then
+        >&2 echo -e "\nERROR: Missing argument; you must input all arguments."
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+echo -e "\nTransferring files...\n"
+
+# do scp transfer and save return code
+scp $input_dir$input_glob $remote_path
+rc=$?
+
+
+if [ $rc -eq 0 ]
+    then
+
+    # if return code = 0 (success) then rename files
+        echo -e "\nRenaming files...\n"
+        for file in $input_dir$input_glob
+            do
+                mv $file $file$file_suffix
+                echo "$file -> $file$file_suffix"
+            done
+
+        echo -e '\nSUCCESS: Operation completed'
+        exit 0
+
+    else
+
+    # if return code != 0 (error) then exit
+        >&2 echo -e '\nERROR: Transfer failed'
+        exit 1
+fi