#!/bin/bash

# backup folder
HOME=/users/home/myid
DEST=$HOME/backups
MYSQL_DATABASES="db1 db2 dbn"
DIRS="dir1 dir2 dirn"
[email protected]

BACKUP_ALT=$(python -c "import time, sys; sys.stdout.write(str(int(time.strftime('%d')) % 2))")

for d in MYSQL_DATABASES; do
mysqldump --quick --opt --skip-add-locks $d |gzip - >${DEST}/${d}.sql.gz
done

for d in DIRS; do
tar zcvf ${HOME}${DEST}/${d}.tar.gz ${HOME}/${d} >/dev/null
done

scp -r ${DEST}/* ${STRONGSPACE_USER}:backup/$BACKUP_ALT/

rm -rf $DEST/*

require 'net/http'
require 'rubygems'
require_gem 'flickr'
require_gem 'net-sftp'

flickr_username = "[email protected]"
flickr_pass = 'x'
strongie_pass = 'x'
strongie_username = 'johan'
strongie_upload_dir = "flickr_test"

flickr = Flickr.new 
flickr.login(flickr_username, flickr_pass)
user = flickr.users(flickr_username)

Net::SFTP.start("#{strongie_username}.strongspace.com", strongie_username, strongie_pass) do |sftp|
  Net::HTTP.start('static.flickr.com') do |http|
    user.photos.each do |photo|
      src_url = photo.source('Large').sub("http://static.flickr.com", '')    
      puts "Fetching \"#{photo.title}\"..."
      res = http.get(src_url)
      filename = File.basename(src_url)
      sftp.open_handle("/home/#{strongie_username}/#{strongie_upload_dir}/#{filename}", 'w') do |handle|
        result = sftp.write(handle, res.body)
        puts "Wrote #{filename} with result code: #{result.code}..."
      end    
    end
  end
end

This is a handy script to synchronize a number of folders with StrongSpace (or any other server).

#!/usr/bin/ruby

# `ss` is the alias for my StrongSpace login.
# `home/novemberborn/` is the directory in which I want to store stuff.
REMOTE = 'ss:/home/novemberborn/'

def rsync local_path, remote_dir
   puts `rsync -azv #{local_path} #{REMOTE}#{remote_dir}/`
   puts "\n---\n"
end

# rsync 'local_directory_path', 'remote_directory_name'
rsync '~/Documents/', 'Documents'