rsync : Recursively sync all files while ignoring the directory structure

Question

I am trying to create a bash script for syncing music from my desktop to a mobile device. The desktop is the source.

Is there a way to make rsync recursively sync files

Answer 1

If you can make a list of files, you've already solved the problem. Try:

find /path/to/src/ -name \*.mp3 > list.txt
rsync -avi --no-relative --progress --files-from=list.txt / user@server:/path/to/dest

If you run the script again for new files, it will only copy the missing files.

If you don't like the list, then try a single sentence (but it's another logic)

find /path/to/src/ -name \*.mp3 -type f \
  -exec rsync -avi --progress {} user@server:/path/to/dest/  \;

In this case, you will ask for each file, each time, since by the type of sentence, you cannot build the file list previously.