rsyncd.sh

!/bin/sh
# Rsync driver script
#   James Hannah <james at tlyk dot eu>

# PID file name
PIDFILE=/var/run/rsyncd-thing.pid

# check that its not already running
if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
    OLDPID=`cat $PIDFILE`
    ps -p $OLDPID > /dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "RSYNCD Already Running!"
        exit 1
    else
        echo "Stale Pidfile, clearing."
        rm $PIDFILE
        echo $! > $PIDFILE
    fi
else
        echo $! > $PIDFILE
fi

# Destination host machine name
SRC="123.123.123.123"

# User that rsync will connect as
USER="root"

# Directory to copy from on the remote machine.
REMOTEDIR="/home/"

# Directory to copy to on the local machine.
LOCALDIR="/home/"

# excludes file - Contains wildcard patterns of files to exclude.
EXCLUDES=/root/sync-excludes

# port is done below.
OPTS="-vaPh --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --delete"

# May be needed if run by cron?
export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

# Only run rsync if $DEST responds.
VAR=`ping -s 1 -c 1 $SRC > /dev/null; echo $?`
if [ $VAR -eq 0 ]; then
    rsync -e'ssh -p2020' $OPTS $USER@$SRC:$REMOTEDIR $LOCALDIR
else
    echo "Cannot connect to $DEST."
fi
rm -vf $PIDFILE