jrfaller / adsync-gem

A file synchronizer for Android devices

AdSync

An Android Directory Synchronizer

Configuration

To use AdSync, you need to have unlocked developer options, enabled USB debugging and trusted the computer where AdSync will run.

AdSync needs a config file located in $HOME/.adsync and also the Android SDK tools installed and available in the path (most importantly adb). The YAML config file look like this:

DEVICE_ID_1:
  BACKUP_NAME_1:
    - PATH/TO/DEVICE/FOLDER
    - PATH/TO/BACKUP/FOLDER
  BACKUP_NAME_2:
    - PATH/TO/DEVICE/FOLDER
    - PATH/TO/BACKUP/FOLDER
DEVICE_ID_2:
  BACKUP_NAME_3:
    - PATH/TO/DEVICE/FOLDER
    - PATH/TO/BACKUP/FOLDER

A backup configuration is given for each device. It consists of a dictionnary having device id for keys. For each key, the corresponding value is a dictionnary of named backups where the key is a unique name and the value is a pair of source folder on the device and backup folder on the computer.

Usage

• adsync status: displays the current status (configuration, connected device, folder requiring synchronization)
• adsync version: displays adsync's version
• adsync sync: starts synchronization for the currently connected device (use the -- confirm flag to actually synchronize and --verbose to have the details of the file to be synchronized)
• adsync doctor: check your adsync installation