--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Desc: A bash function for splitting up rsync jobs based on size
+
+echo "ERROR:This is a bash function, not a script." 2>&1; exit 1;
+
+function rsync_tranches() {
+ # Desc: Runs rsync in parallel across different files size ranges
+ # Example: rsync_tranches -avu --progress --dry-run ./SOURCE/ ./DEST/
+ # Depends: rsync 3.2.7
+ # Version: 0.0.1
+ local -a rsync_opts=();
+ local source;
+ local dest;
+
+ # Parse arguments until source and destination are found
+ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+ case "$1" in
+ # If it's not an option, assume it's the source, then the destination
+ -*)
+ rsync_opts+=("$1");
+ shift;
+ ;;
+ *)
+ if [ -z "$source" ]; then
+ source="$1";
+ else
+ dest="$1";
+ fi;
+ shift;
+ ;;
+ esac;
+ done;
+
+ # Validate that source and destination are set
+ if [ -z "$source" ] || [ -z "$dest" ]; then
+ echo "Error: Source and destination directories must be specified." 1>&2;
+ return 1;
+ fi;
+
+ # Tranche 1: 0 to 1MiB-1
+ rsync --min-size='0' --max-size='1MiB-1' "${rsync_opts[@]}" "$source" "$dest" &
+
+ # Tranche 2: 1MiB to 10MiB-1
+ rsync --min-size='1MiB' --max-size='10MiB-1' "${rsync_opts[@]}" "$source" "$dest" &
+
+ # Tranche 3: 10MiB to 100MiB-1
+ rsync --min-size='10MiB' --max-size='100MiB-1' "${rsync_opts[@]}" "$source" "$dest" &
+
+ # Tranche 4: Greater than 100MiB
+ rsync --min-size='100MiB' --max-size='8192PiB-1' "${rsync_opts[@]}" "$source" "$dest" &
+
+ wait # Wait for all rsync processes to complete
+};
+export -f rsync_tranches;