From abf18918d9e1ff2d663a40ea559b80d1b27c11d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Dogiakos <dogiakos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:15:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Adding move_recent.sh Script. This script moves the most
 recent file in the current directory to a specified destination directory,
 and keeps a log of the moved files by timestamp. Only moves files that were
 added to the directory after the last timestamp.

---
 move_recent.sh | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 move_recent.sh

diff --git a/move_recent.sh b/move_recent.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d21d18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/move_recent.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Configuration
+SOURCE_DIR="/mnt/storage/Downloads"
+DEST_DIR="/home/steve/new_books"
+TIMESTAMP_FILE="/home/steve/.last_book_upload_time"
+
+# Resolve full path of this script so we can exclude it
+SCRIPT_PATH="$(readlink -f "$0")"
+
+# Ensure destination exists
+mkdir -p "$DEST_DIR"
+
+# If no timestamp file exists, create one with a default time
+if [ ! -f "$TIMESTAMP_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "First run. Creating timestamp file."
+    date -d "1 day ago" +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" > "$TIMESTAMP_FILE"
+fi
+
+# Read the last run time
+LAST_RUN=$(cat "$TIMESTAMP_FILE")
+
+echo "Syncing items modified since: $LAST_RUN"
+
+# Find modified items (top-level only), excluding this script
+find "$SOURCE_DIR" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -newermt "$LAST_RUN" -print0 |
+while IFS= read -r -d '' ITEM; do
+    ITEM_PATH="$(readlink -f "$ITEM")"
+    if [ "$ITEM_PATH" != "$SCRIPT_PATH" ]; then
+        rsync -rP "$ITEM" "$DEST_DIR/"
+    fi
+done
+
+# Update timestamp after sync
+date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" > "$TIMESTAMP_FILE"