Bash script to upload first RAR part to ftp, before completion of second part (To Save Time and space)

Question

Hello, i was making a bash script for my server which pack some directories with RAR and upload it to other ftp server, so some folders are big and i have to rar them in parts and have to wait for all parts to be rared before uploading them, which consumes lots of time and space

so i want to do it more fast like, upload every rared part on its completion and delete it afterwards automatically without waiting for another all parts, i know there are possibilities of getting data corrupted or else, but that's what i want to do and i confused about where to start the script.

Server OS: Ubuntu 9.10

thanks

Kevin

Answer 1

• Start rar in the background
• Check wheter rar is finished on the part by calling fuser foo.part2.rar.
• If fuser does not return anything, you can transfer it to the remote FTP.