#!/bin/bash

# Set paths to the files
SOURCE_FILE="/srv/swarm/org-todo-pwa/data/tasks.org"
DEST_FILE="/home/fredrik/org-mode/pwa.org"

# Watch for multiple events on the source file (e.g., modify, close_write, attrib)
inotifywait -m -e modify "$SOURCE_FILE" | while read path action file; do
  # Compare the full path of the file being watched to the source file
  if [ "$path$file" == "$SOURCE_FILE" ]; then
    # Check if the file is empty (size 0) to avoid appending empty content
    if [ -s "$SOURCE_FILE" ]; then
      # Append the contents of the source file to the destination file
      cat "$SOURCE_FILE" >> "$DEST_FILE"
      
      # Empty the source file
      > "$SOURCE_FILE"
      
      echo "Appended contents of $SOURCE_FILE to $DEST_FILE and emptied the source file."
    else
      echo "$SOURCE_FILE is empty, skipping append."
    fi
  fi
done