Filebot is a file manager that syncs two directories: a replica which acts as a mirror, and a primary which acts as an authority. Filebot has four goals:

1. Move any non-symlinked files that exist on the replica directory to the primary directory.
2. Symlink any files that exist on the primary directory to the replica directory.
3. Remove any files that were deleted on the primary directory from the replica directory.
4. Remove any files that were deleted on the replica directory from the primary directory (see below).

After a sync occurs Filebot takes a snapshot of the replica directory. Upon a subsequent sync any files that were removed on the replica directory will be removed from the primary directory.

Requirements

• Docker
• GNU make

Setup

1. Build the filebot docker images by running make build.
2. Create a snapshot.json file by running touch snapshot.json.

Usage

docker run \
  --name filebot \
  --rm \
  --volume <primaryDirectoryHostPath>:<primaryDirectoryContainerPath> \
  --volume <replicaDirectoryHostPath>:<replicaDirectoryContainerPath> \
  --volume <snapshotPath>:/snapshot.json \
  nicholasodonnell/filebot:latest \
    --primary=<primaryDirectoryContainerPath> \
    --replica=<replicaDirectoryContainerPath> \
    --snapshot=/snapshot.json \
    [--safeDelete=<safeDelete>] \
    [--permissions=<permissions>] \
    [--puid=<puid>] \
    [--pgid=<pgid>]

node index \
  --primary=<primaryDirectoryHostPath> \
  --replica=<replicaDirectoryHostPath> \
  --snapshot=<snapshotPath> \
  [--safeDelete=<safeDelete>] \
  [--permissions=<permissions>] \
  [--puid=<puid>] \
  [--pgid=<pgid>]

Paths

All paths given to filebot should be absolute. See below for more details:

Path	Description
primaryDirectoryHostPath	Host path for the primary directory.
primaryDirectoryContainerPath	Container path for the primary directory (see below).
replicaDirectoryHostPath	Host path for the replica directory.
replicaDirectoryContainerPath	Container path for the replica directory.
snapshotPath	Host path for the replica's snapshot.json file.

When using docker please note that any symlinks created will point to the primary directory as mounted on the container. This can be useful when you're using the primary & replica directories in other containers such as Plex. Otherwise, ensure the paths on your host and container are identical for symlinks to work properly.

Options

Option	Description	Default
primary	Path for the primary directory.	Required
replica	Path for the replica directory.	Required
snapshot	Host path for the replica's snapshot.json file.	Required
safeDelete	Number of files that can be safely deleted. If filebot detects a number of deleted files greater than this, they will be ignored.	10
permissions	CHMOD permissions of the replica directory.	undefined
puid	CHOWN user of the replica directory.	undefined
pgid	CHOWN group of the replica directory.	undefined