Thread: Rsync script to synchronize all my files between all machines

Hi all,
I am trying to setup a automated rsync script to synchronize all my files between my machines but I have no clue how I would go on with creating an array for the directories I want to synchronize. What I want to accomplish is to sync all the directories in the $DIRS array to machines in the $SERVERS array. This is what I got so far:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
SSHUSER="someuser"

PROGRAM="rsync"

OPTIONS="-razh --size-only"


SERVERS=(
    machine1.domain.com 
    machine2.domain.com
    machine3.domain.com
)

DIRS=(
    /home/folder1/
    /home/folder2/
)

for server in ${SERVERS[*]} ; do

    echo "Synchronizing to $server beginning at" `date`
    $PROGRAM $OPTIONS $DIRS $SSHUSER@$server:/home/$SSHUSER/
     echo "Synchronization to $server completed at" `date`

done

Any help is much appreciated.

Go with another for loop inside main for loop:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
SSHUSER="someuser"

PROGRAM="rsync"

OPTIONS="-razh --size-only"


SERVERS=(
    machine1.domain.com 
    machine2.domain.com
    machine3.domain.com
)

DIRS=(
    /home/folder1/
    /home/folder2/
)

for server in ${SERVERS[*]} ; do

    echo "Synchronizing to $server beginning at" `date`
    for d in ${DIRS[*]} ; do
        $PROGRAM $OPTIONS "$d" $SSHUSER@$server:/home/$SSHUSER/
    done
    echo "Synchronization to $server completed at" `date`
done

I appreciate your help a lot Vivek. I have been browsing the forums for the past four months since I work as a junior system administrator and I must say you have an amazing site and a great community that are more than happy to help out whenever someone has any questions. I'm glad to be a part of it!