"Flattens" the structure of files in ~/Splice/ folder to ~/SpliceFlat/ folder

.zshrc

# MacOS!
# "Flattens" the structure of files in ~/Splice/ folder to ~/SpliceFlat/ folder
# Copyright 2019 by Danko Kozar

alias splice-flatten="find ~/Splice/ -mindepth 2 -type f -exec rsync --update --quiet '{}' ~/SpliceFlat/ ';'"

splice () {
  echo "watching for Splice folder changes"
  splice-flatten
  while true; do sleep 5; echo "... checking..."; splice-flatten; done
}

Setup:

1. edit the ~/.zshrc file on your Mac:

vi ~/.zshrc

2. Paste in the above content
3. Save the file
4. Source the file:

source ~/.zshrc

5. Setup your cloud service (Google Drive, Dropbox etc.) to back up the ~/SpliceFlat/ to the cloud
6. Enjoy the flat file structure of your samples on iPad, iPhone etc.

Note:

• The Splice application on your desktop should always be on
• you start the process by typing into terminal:

splice