Moving the files based on count and time.

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,

I have a requirement ,let us say 1000 files needs to be transferred in an hour from one path to another path and if the files (1000 files) are transferred within an hour ( say 40 mins), then the process should remain idle for the remaining time ( 20 mins).

2

Something like :

while [ `find $path1 -type file` -gt 0 ]
do
  beforeS=$(date +"%S")
  beforeM=$(date +"%M")
  beforeH=$(date +"%H")
  before=`expr $beforeS + beforeM * 60 + beforeH * 3600`
  find $path1 -type file | head -1000 | while read file
  do
     mv $file $path2
  done
  afterS=$(date +"%S")
  afterM=$(date +"%M")
  afterH=$(date +"%H")
  after=`expr $afterS + afterM * 60 + afterH * 3600`
  diff=$(($after-$before))
  remaining=`expr 3600 - $diff` #remaining in seconds
  [ $remaining -gt 0 ] && sleep $remaining
done

not tested though, and also wouldn't work if say the script is launched around midnight.. need to add the days, month and years in the calculation.
good luck.

3

Or:

sleep 3600&
perform-copy-operations
wait
4

much smarter indeed
shame on me :stuck_out_tongue: