DirSync

Dirsync is a simple python program to sync/copy/backup directories. DirSync supports filtering files by extensions, directories, size, date. This can be particularly useful to sync/copy files and folders with external hard disk or drives.

Features

• Three modes:
  • default: copies all files in source that is absent in destination. (Dest = Dest + Src)
  • bidirectional: syncs both source and destination ((Dest = Src) = Dest | Src)
  • strict: copies all source files to destination and delete destination files that are absent in source. (Dest = Src)
• Filters:
  • size: process files in provided size range only
  • date: process files modified in provided date interval.
  • extension: include or exclude files with provided extensions
  • directories: include or exclude files in provided folders
• Supports absolute path and relative paths
• Deletes files to recycle bin
• Config file to save default preferences

Usage

• download or clone the dirSync repository
• move it to your src folder (this need not be done if you are using absolute paths)
• install send2trash if you don't have it already.(It is the only third party library used)

# if you do not have send2trash
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

$ python dirsync.py <src folder> <dest folder> 

Filters

argument	function
-s, --strict	strict mode
-b, --bidirect	bidirectional or sync mode
--min_size	files with size above min size is selected (in MB)
--min_size	files with size below max size is selected (in MB)
--older_than	files modified before provided date (format=dd/mm/yyyy)
--newer_than	files modified after provided date (format=dd/mm/yyyy)
--exc_dir	files in provided directories will be excluded
--inc_dir	files only in provided directories will be included
--exc_ext	files with provided extensions will be excluded
--inc_dir	files with provided extensions will be included

example usage with filters

$ python dirsync.py src dest --min_size 10 --max_size 200 --older_than 12/12/2020 --exc_ext .pdf .mp4 .mp3 --inc_dir dir1 dir2

Arguments can be provided through config file as well

Todo

• Progress bar for copying
• New mode which reorder the existing files to source order