Edit: I got this to work. Solution is below and on the tutorial section.
I xfer files daily to and from my phone via scripted ftp. While it works, I would like to have a no clobber option such as is common in rsync. Does any one have a linux to android rsync solution? or an ftp no clobber solution?
I would suggest Syncthing, and then experiment with either side of the particular sync share being set to “Send & Receive” (the default), or “Send Only”, or “Receive Only”. In this way, you might achieve the “no-clobber” goodness you’re after.
I set the SimpleSSHD app to be fired by Tasker (Android scheduling app) every morning. I set a cron event on my computer to grab my new pictures from my phone. I set another cron event on my computer to push my new podcasts that were aggregated (while I slept) onto my phone for listening during the following day. (I scripted a personal aggregator for privacy and post processing reasons).
LOL - very true. But there are 26 steps because I painstakingly detailed every element for the noobie. For me, the gem here is that I never have to take any of those steps again.
I have to second what @esbeeb stated that Syncthing is the way to go for this task. I use it for synchronizing pictures between my mobile and my Desktop Linux machines. I have been using it regularly for years and much prefer it to the Google Drive equivalents. I have my phone paired with 3 different machines directly to ensure that there is always a machine available to dump the pictures.
I also have a sync folder that I keep documents I want to be able to view on my phone or my computer. This works fantastically well too. Though, I can say, as of recent, I don’t use it much on the phone as I do on a tablet.