new fortune, new script for ebook synching.

diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat
index 4c4fff49f1195815f960a28b18aaf87d99e4f873..50f16e36142da8393a277972e7208fbdf2fcb57b 100644 (file)
--- a/infobase/fortunes.dat
+++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat
@@ -42195,5 +42195,21 @@ Discover wisdom
 
 Accept constant change.
 
-##--#Source: "Moon journeying through clouds", Zen Buddhist chants, sayings and recitations from the Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom.
+  -- Source: "Moon journeying through clouds", Zen Buddhist chants, sayings and recitations from the Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom.
+~
+never forget that the truth is always larger than you know.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+Roger Babson's Ten Commandments of Investing
+
++ Keep speculation and investments separate.
++ Don't be fooled by a name.
++ Be wary of new promotions.
++ Give due consideration to market ability.
++ Don't buy without proper facts.
++ Safeguard purchases through diversification.
++ Don't try to diversify by buying different securities of the same company.
++ Small companies should be carefully scrutinized.
++ Buy adequate security, not super abundance.
++ Choose your dealer and buy outright (i.e., don't buy on margin.)
 

diff --git a/scripts/files/synch_to_mtp_device.sh b/scripts/files/synch_to_mtp_device.sh
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..254ed7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/files/synch_to_mtp_device.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+sourcedir="$1"; shift
+targetdir="$1"; shift
+
+# where we will look for mtp devices.
+mtp_base_path="/run/user/$UID/gvfs/mtp\:host\="
+
+if [ -z "$sourcedir" -o -z "$targetdir" ]; then
+  echo "This script needs source and target directory names that can be synched"
+  echo "between the computer's file system and a USB drive mounted with the mtp"
+  echo "protocol.  The folder on the USB drive should include the entire path except"
+  echo "for the device mount location.  For example:"
+  echo "    $(basename $0) ebooks \"/Internal\ Storage/My\ Files/ebooks\""
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# the mtp part will flux.  if there is more than one device mounted, this will hose up.
+#checking for more than one device there:
+mtpdevices=("$mtp_base_path"*)
+if [ ${#mtpdevices[@]} -ne 1 ]; then
+  echo "There is more than one MTP device mounted.  This script requires exactly one"
+  echo "MTP device mounted at a time.  Sorry."
+  exit 1
+elif [ ! -d "${#mtpdevices[@]}" ]; then
+  echo "The MTP device does not seem to be mounted currently.  The path did not"
+  echo "expand properly."   
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+rsync -rv --exclude *.git --exclude *.svn "$sourcedir" "${mtpdevices[0]}/$targetdir"
+