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Bash script spanning folders for burning CD DVD or BLU RAY
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # Source https://stackoverflow.com/a/59742762/1433252 | |
| sourcedir="/home/saudiqbal/Documents/ServerFiles/" | |
| destdir_prefix="/run/media/saudiqbal/HomeDrive/Temp/disk_" | |
| destdir_suffix="" | |
| mblimit=700 | |
| # DVD 4400 / 4300 | |
| # bytelimit=$(( mblimit * 1024 * 1024 )) # MB as measured by OS (MiB) | |
| bytelimit=$(( mblimit * 1000 * 1000 )) # MB as measured by marketeers | |
| disk=() # empty array | |
| dir_size=0 | |
| find "${sourcedir}" -type f | | |
| while read file; do | |
| file_size="$( stat --printf="%s" "${file}" )" | |
| disk_number=1 | |
| stored=false | |
| while [[ "${stored}" == "false" ]]; do | |
| if [[ "${disk[$disk_number]}" == "" ]]; then | |
| disk[$disk_number]=1 | |
| fi | |
| if [[ $(( disk[disk_number] + file_size )) -lt ${bytelimit} ]]; then | |
| dir="${destdir_prefix}${disk_number}${destdir_suffix}" | |
| mkdir -p "${dir}" | |
| filedir="$(echo ${file} | sed 's|[^/]*$||g')" | |
| filedir="$(echo ${filedir} | sed 's|'${sourcedir}'||g')" | |
| mkdir -p "${dir}/${filedir}" | |
| disk[$disk_number]=$(( disk[disk_number] + file_size )) | |
| filenew="$(echo ${file} | sed 's|'${sourcedir}'||g')" | |
| echo "${disk[$disk_number]} ${dir}/${filenew}" | |
| cp "${file}" "${dir}/${filenew}" | |
| stored=true | |
| else | |
| disk_number=$(( disk_number + 1 )) | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| done | |
| exit 0 |
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