sync.sh

#!/bin/bash

LATENCY=1
NAME=`basename ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}`

red='\033[0;31m'
green='\033[0;32m'
nocolor='\033[00m'

if [[ "$1" = "" || "$2" = "" || "$3" = "" ]]; then
  echo -n "Usage: ${NAME} /local/path/ /target/path/ user@ssh_server"
  exit
else
  LOCAL_PATH="$1"
  REMOTE_PATH="$2"
  REMOTE_HOST="$3"
fi

# Perform initial complete sync
read -n1 -r -p "Press any key to continue (or abort with Ctrl-C)... " key
echo ""
echo -en "${green}"`date` "${nocolor}"". Synchronizing... "
rsync -avzr --progress --delete --force $LOCAL_PATH $REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_PATH
echo -e "${green}""Done.""${nocolor}"

# Watch for changes and sync (exclude hidden files)
echo "Watching for changes @ ${LOCAL_PATH} ..."

# Watch directories. Exclude those that are hidden.
fswatch -0 -r -l $LATENCY $LOCAL_PATH --exclude="/\.[^/]*$" | \

# Listen for events.
while read -d "" event
do
    # Save the filenames to a file.
    echo $event > .tmp_files
    echo -en "${green}" `date` "${nocolor}\"$event\" changed. Synchronizing ... "

    # Sync.
    rsync                         \
        -avzrq                    \
        --include-from=.tmp_files \
        $LOCAL_PATH $REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_PATH

    echo "done!"

    # Remove the filenames file.
    rm -rf .tmp_files
done