Syncing photos to an S3 bucket using Rclone.

• Rclone installed and configured with your S3 bucket
• • https://rclone.org/install/
• Bash (for Unix) or PowerShell (for Windows)
• Appropriate permissions to access the source directory and create/modify files in the script directory

1. Choose the appropriate script based on your operating system:

   • photo_sync.sh for Unix (Linux, macOS)
   • photo_sync.ps1 for Windows

2. Edit the script to set the correct values for:

   • SOURCE_DIR: The directory containing your photos
   • S3_BUCKET: Your rclone remote configuration and S3 bucket path

3. Ensure the script has executable permissions (for Unix):

   chmod +x photo_sync.sh
   

Both scripts support the following commands:

• start: Begin the sync process
• stop: Stop the running sync process
• restart: Restart the sync process
• status: Check if a sync process is currently running

./photo_sync.sh {start|stop|restart|status}

.\photo_sync.ps1 {start|stop|restart|status}

Key features:

• Uses Rclone to sync photos to an S3 bucket
• Manages the sync process with start, stop, restart, and status functions
• Logs sync activities
• Handles graceful termination and force killing if necessary

This script is designed for Windows systems. It uses PowerShell to manage the sync process.

Key features:

• Uses Rclone to sync photos to an S3 bucket
• Manages the sync process with start, stop, restart, and status functions
• Logs sync activities
• Handles graceful termination and force killing if necessary

You can customise the following variables in both scripts:

• SOURCE_DIR: Set this to the directory containing your photos
• S3_BUCKET: Set this to your rclone remote configuration and S3 bucket path
• Adjust rclone parameters in the start_sync function to fine-tune the sync process

• If the sync doesn't start, check the log file (photo_sync.log) for error messages
• Ensure rclone is properly configured with your S3 bucket
• Verify that the source directory exists and is accessible
• Check that you have the necessary IAM permissions to run the script and access the required S3 bucket