synctunes

¶ May 27, 2005 by Rob Friesel

Submitted for scrutiny (esp. since it doesn’t appear to be working…):

synctunesin.sh gets the latest iTunes Library info from the iTunes User account

#!/bin/bash

TUNESHARE=/Users/itunes/Music/iTunes
AMYLIB=/Users/amy/Music/iTunes
GUESTLIB=/Users/guest/Music/iTunes
ROBLIB=/Users/rob/Music/iTunes

if [ $USER != itunes ]; then
  if [ $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library -nt $AMYLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library ]; then
    cp $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library $AMYLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library
    cp $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml $AMYLIB/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml
  fi
  if [ $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library -nt $GUESTLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library ]; then
    cp $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library $GUESTLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library
    cp $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml $GUESTLIB/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml
  fi
  if [ $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library -nt $ROBLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library ]; then
    cp $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library $ROBLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library
    cp $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml $ROBLIB/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml
  fi
fi

exit 0

synctunesout.sh takes your playcounts, updated ratings, etc. and updates them in the central iTunes User account

#!/bin/bash

TUNESHARE=/Users/itunes/Music/iTunes
AMYLIB=/Users/amy/Music/iTunes
GUESTLIB=/Users/guest/Music/iTunes
ROBLIB=/Users/rob/Music/iTunes

if [ $USER != itunes ]; then
  if [ $AMYLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library -nt $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library ]; then
    cp $AMYLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library
    cp $AMYLIB/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml
  fi
  if [ $GUESTLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library -nt $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library ]; then
    cp $GUESTLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library
    cp $GUESTLIB/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml
  fi
  if [ $ROBLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library -nt $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library ]; then
    cp $ROBLIB/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ 4\ Music\ Library
    cp $ROBLIB/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml $TUNESHARE/iTunes\ Music\ Library.xml
  fi
fi

exit 0

chmod to give them their “x” bits and then add as a LoginHook and a LogoutHook (respectively) via:

$ sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /Library/Scripts/synctunesin.sh
$ sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LogoutHook /Library/Scripts/synctunesout.sh

So in theory, these should run when a user logs in and logs out (respectively) effectively synchronizing the iTunes Library files. I know the scripts work because running them manually from the command line seems to sync things up. But they do not appear to be executing (or executing properly?) as Login/outHooks despite the fact that they were successfully added:

rob@Malkovich $ sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow
{
    LoginHook = "/Library/Scripts/synctunesin.sh"; 
    LogoutHook = "/Library/Scripts/synctunesout.sh"; 
}

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Alternatives?

About Rob Friesel

Software engineer by day. Science fiction writer by night. Weekend homebrewer, beer educator at Black Flannel, and Certified Cicerone. Author of The PhantomJS Cookbook and a short story in Please Do Not Remove. View all posts by Rob Friesel →

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