slskd-permissions-fixer/slskd-permission-monitor.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if script is running as root/sudo
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "❌ ERROR: This script must be run with sudo privileges!" >&2
    echo "Please re-run with: sudo $0"
    exit 1
fi

# Configuration
WATCH_DIR="/media/mitch/media-annex1"  # Set this to your SLSKD download directory
CHECK_INTERVAL=30  # Time in seconds between checks
USER="mitch"
GROUP="mitch"
PERMISSIONS="777"  # Full permissions for all users
TMP_DIR="/tmp/permission_monitor_$$"  # Use PID in temp directory name for uniqueness

# Create temp directory and set up cleanup 
mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR"

# Function to clean up temp files on exit
cleanup() {
    echo "🧹 Cleaning up temporary files..."
    rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
    echo "✅ Cleanup complete. Exiting."
    exit 0
}

# Set up trap to call cleanup function on script exit, ctrl+c, etc.
trap cleanup EXIT TERM INT HUP

echo "🔍 Starting permission monitor for $WATCH_DIR"
echo "👤 Will set ownership to $USER:$GROUP"
echo "🔐 Will set permissions to $PERMISSIONS (rwxrwxrwx)"
echo "🗑️ Will delete .DS_Store files and ._ resource fork files"
echo "⏱️ Checking every $CHECK_INTERVAL seconds"
echo "💾 Using temp directory: $TMP_DIR"

# Initialize the file list
find "$WATCH_DIR" -type f -o -type d | sort > "$TMP_DIR/files_before.txt"

while true; do
    # Wait for the specified interval
    sleep $CHECK_INTERVAL
    
    # Clean up macOS metadata files
    echo "🔍 Searching for macOS metadata files to remove..."
    DS_STORE_COUNT=$(find "$WATCH_DIR" -name ".DS_Store" -type f | wc -l)
    RESOURCE_FORK_COUNT=$(find "$WATCH_DIR" -name "._*" -type f | wc -l)
    
    if [ "$DS_STORE_COUNT" -gt 0 ] || [ "$RESOURCE_FORK_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "🗑️ Removing macOS metadata files:"
        
        # Remove .DS_Store files
        if [ "$DS_STORE_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
            find "$WATCH_DIR" -name ".DS_Store" -type f -print -delete | while read file; do
                echo "  🗑️ Deleted: $file"
            done
        fi
        
        # Remove Apple resource fork files (._*)
        if [ "$RESOURCE_FORK_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
            find "$WATCH_DIR" -name "._*" -type f -print -delete | while read file; do
                echo "  🗑️ Deleted: $file"
            done
        fi
    fi
    
    # Get current file list (after cleaning up metadata files)
    find "$WATCH_DIR" -type f -o -type d | sort > "$TMP_DIR/files_current.txt"
    
    # Find new files (items in current but not in before)
    comm -13 "$TMP_DIR/files_before.txt" "$TMP_DIR/files_current.txt" > "$TMP_DIR/files_new.txt"
    
    # If we found new files, change their ownership and permissions
    if [ -s "$TMP_DIR/files_new.txt" ]; then
        echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - 🆕 Found new files/folders!"
        while IFS= read -r file; do
            # Skip macOS metadata files (should already be deleted, but just in case)
            if [[ "$file" == *".DS_Store" ]] || [[ "$file" == */._* ]]; then
                echo "  ⏭️ Skipping metadata file: $file"
                continue
            fi
            
            echo "  🔧 Fixing permissions for: $file"
            chown -R $USER:$GROUP "$file"
            chmod -R $PERMISSIONS "$file"
        done < "$TMP_DIR/files_new.txt"
    fi
    
    # Update the before list for next iteration
    cp "$TMP_DIR/files_current.txt" "$TMP_DIR/files_before.txt"
done