~/Pictures rsync shellscript

bckup.sh

#!/bin/bash

comboname="photod_$USER"
echo your path will be $comboname
passprt=~/passprt
fullname="$passprt/$comboname"
echo "$fullname"

if [ ! -L "$passprt" ]; then
echo no symlink, making it...
ln -s /Volumes/WD\ My\ Passport\ 259F\ Media ~/passprt
fi
echo symlink exists
mkdir "$fullname"

load="$(ls -R ~/Pictures | wc -l)"
echo getting ready to copy $load files to $passprt

rsync -av --delete ~/Pictures/ "$fullname" | pv -lpes "$load"