I have a laptop and a phone in which termux is installed. I want to move files from my phone to my computer using rsync if all files are older than 30 days. I think I should use find command with -exec rsync.
find . -mtime +30 -exec rsync something
but the problem is my phone’s IP address is always changing so how do I transfer file? I have to run this script in my laptop
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VPN… This is a specific problem that VPNs were created to solve.
On your Wireguard network (or whichever), note your vLAN IPs, and configure
rclone/rsyncwith them like normal. Ensure you’re connected to Wireguard and then run your command;❯ fd --change-older-than 30days -X rclone sync phone:my/path/here pc:destination/path/hereUsing a VPN ensures that regardless of WiFi/Cellular connections you’ll still be able to transfer at home, or remotely. Using methods like hostnames only work locally.
DNS was invented in 1985 to solve this problem.
You could also run it from the phone.
Use the hostname of your phone instead.
Yeah, like @catloaf@lemm.ee said, Dynamic DNS ought to fix this issue. There are plenty of free ones. I currently use ClouDNS, but No-IP is also decent.
Hardest part is updating from a phone, but there’s articles on both sites for how to do that.I use syncopoli to rsync files from my phone to the computer. Perhaps this helps.
Is your phone running a GNU distro or rooted Android, or is it just regular Android with a Termux chroot?
