beemer

beemer executes a custom command on files written in the watched directory and deletes it.

Usage

NAME:
   beemer - Execute a command on a file after a delay of inactivity

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --command value, -c value            Will be executed on file write. You can use %file and %dir. Example: "rclone move %file remote:/beem/%dir"
   --wait DELAY, -w DELAY               Files will be beemed after DELAY of inactivity (default: 10s)
   --directory DIRECTORY, -d DIRECTORY  DIRECTORY to watch. If non-empty, its current files & subdirectories will be ignored
   --help, -h                           show help
   --version, -v                        print the version

Examples

Upload file to an rclone remote when it has been inactive for at least 30s, keeps the directory structure

./beemer -w 30s -d ./test -c "rclone move %file remote:/beem/%dir"

Send file via SSH, ignoring the local directory structure

./beemer -d ./test -c "scp %file worker@StagingServer:flatdir/"

Upload file to transfer.sh, store URLs in urls.txt

./beemer -w 1s -d ./test -c "bash -c \"curl -s -w '\\n' --upload-file %file https://transfer.sh/%name &>> urls.txt\""

Beem command template

Special sequence	Description	Example
%file	Full path of the modified file	/tmp/beemer/test/a/myFile.txt
%name	Name of the modified file	myFile.txt
%dir	Directory of the modified file, relative to the watched dir.	test/a