rsync - Jun 2015 - Question on folder sync with "directory name translation"

Hello everyone,

I'm new to this mailing list but I have been using rsync for some years up
to now.
I'm trying to synchronize two directory trees, but I want a special
behavior that I didn't find on the net nor in the manual (or maybe there is
a combination of options to get what I want but I couldn't find it).

Tree A is like:

A
  *
  *
   FolderA
  *
  *

And tree B (on a remote filesystem) is like:

B
  *
  *
  *
   FolderB
  *
  *


I have to synchronize everything in one rsync run, like
rysnc  -arv  A/  B/

but I want FolderA to be synchronized with FolderB.
They must contain the same files but have a different name! I want
something like a "directory name translation" in the rsync run...
Is it possible? Do you see any another way of doing this? (A part of using
two rsync runs....)
Please let me know if I didn't explain the problem correctly or you need
further information.
Thank you for your attention and time.
Best regards.


*_______________Gionata Boccalini*
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I'm sure one of the experts will have a better answer, but two things 
come to mind as options to explore:
1) Use --fuzzy twice so files which are the same but possibly with 
different names and locations are synced
2) Use some sort of symlinks on the destination so the names actually 
match (these could be added and removed right before and after the rsync 
respectively if you don't want them around later.) Symlinks are tricky 
with rsync. You have to set the options right, so I'm not sure of the 
exact details.

On 06/07/2015 12:38 PM, Gionata Boccalini wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm new to this mailing list but I have been using rsync for some 
> years up to now.
> I'm trying to synchronize two directory trees, but I want a special 
> behavior that I didn't find on the net nor in the manual (or maybe 
> there is a combination of options to get what I want but I couldn't 
> find it).
>
> Tree A is like:
>
> A
>   *
>   *
>    FolderA
>   *
>   *
>
> And tree B (on a remote filesystem) is like:
>
> B
>   *
>   *
>   *
>    FolderB
>   *
>   *
>
>
> I have to synchronize everything in one rsync run, like
> rysnc  -arv  A/  B/
>
> but I want FolderA to be synchronized with FolderB.
> They must contain the same files but have a different name! I want 
> something like a "directory name translation" in the rsync run...
> Is it possible? Do you see any another way of doing this? (A part of 
> using two rsync runs....)
> Please let me know if I didn't explain the problem correctly or you 
> need further information.
> Thank you for your attention and time.
> Best regards.
> /_______________
>
> Gionata Boccalini/
>
>

Thanks Joe for the reply:
1) why do you say to use fuzzy twice? Do you mean in both directions?
2) I have to mention that the remote system is a Synology NAS, which for
whatever reason (I can't think about), doesn't support symlinks, even in
the same disk volume or "share"!
> But I could make some symlinks in the local system (archlinux) and user
> exclude filters to remove the directories I don't want to synchronize.
>
But still there is no way of doing this with rsync options alone?


*_______________Gionata Boccalini*

2015-06-07 19:28 GMT+02:00 Joe <josephj at main.nc.us>:
> I'm sure one of the experts will have a better answer, but two things
come
> to mind as options to explore:
> 1) Use --fuzzy twice so files which are the same but possibly with
> different names and locations are synced
> 2) Use some sort of symlinks on the destination so the names actually
> match (these could be added and removed right before and after the rsync
> respectively if you don't want them around later.) Symlinks are tricky
with
> rsync. You have to set the options right, so I'm not sure of the exact
> details.
>
>
> On 06/07/2015 12:38 PM, Gionata Boccalini wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm new to this mailing list but I have been using rsync for some
years
>> up to now.
>> I'm trying to synchronize two directory trees, but I want a special
>> behavior that I didn't find on the net nor in the manual (or maybe
there is
>> a combination of options to get what I want but I couldn't find
it).
>>
>> Tree A is like:
>>
>> A
>>   *
>>   *
>>    FolderA
>>   *
>>   *
>>
>> And tree B (on a remote filesystem) is like:
>>
>> B
>>   *
>>   *
>>   *
>>    FolderB
>>   *
>>   *
>>
>>
>> I have to synchronize everything in one rsync run, like
>> rysnc  -arv  A/  B/
>>
>> but I want FolderA to be synchronized with FolderB.
>> They must contain the same files but have a different name! I want
>> something like a "directory name translation" in the rsync
run...
>> Is it possible? Do you see any another way of doing this? (A part of
>> using two rsync runs....)
>> Please let me know if I didn't explain the problem correctly or you
need
>> further information.
>> Thank you for your attention and time.
>> Best regards.
>> /_______________
>>
>> Gionata Boccalini/
>>
>>
>>
>
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Hello,

I've been tasked with migrating a smallish (@90 mailboxes) company from
a linux/dovecot mail server to Office 365, and after experiencing a ton
of issues with Microsoft's native Imap syncing tool, I decided to use
Imapsync, and it is working perfectly.

It has the ability to add a simple regex translation for mapping folders
of different names - mainly used for the special use folders that can
have different names depending on the server/client involved.

Ie, dovecot/Thunderbird use 'Sent', 'Trash' and 'Junk',
while
Office65/Outlook use 'Sent Items', 'Deleted Items' and 'Junk
Emails'.

So, a few simple regex lines in the ImapSync commandline options and
problem solved:

--regextrans2 's/Sent$/Sent Items/' \
--regextrans2 's/Trash$/Deleted Items/' \
--regextrans2 's/Junk$/Junk Email/' \

I do use a few more to catch a few other cases, but you get the idea.

I'd be surprised if rsync can't do something similar?

Charles


On 6/7/2015 12:38 PM, Gionata Boccalini <gionata.boccalini at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm new to this mailing list but I have been using rsync for some
> years up to now.
> I'm trying to synchronize two directory trees, but I want a special
> behavior that I didn't find on the net nor in the manual (or maybe
> there is a combination of options to get what I want but I couldn't
> find it).
>
> Tree A is like:
>
> A
>   *
>   *
>    FolderA
>   *
>   *
>
> And tree B (on a remote filesystem) is like:
>
> B
>   *
>   *
>   *
>    FolderB
>   *
>   *
>
>
> I have to synchronize everything in one rsync run, like
> rysnc  -arv  A/  B/
>
> but I want FolderA to be synchronized with FolderB.
> They must contain the same files but have a different name! I want
> something like a "directory name translation" in the rsync run...
> Is it possible? Do you see any another way of doing this? (A part of
> using two rsync runs....)
> Please let me know if I didn't explain the problem correctly or you
> need further information.
> Thank you for your attention and time.
> Best regards.
> /_______________
>
> Gionata Boccalini/
>
>
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