another gpt with inotifywait addition

seems to work....

bin/periodic/fix-flatpaks-theming

@@ -1,14 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-shared_themes_dir=/usr/share/themes/
-home_local_themes_dir="$HOME/.local/share/themes/"
-source_theme_dirs=("$shared_themes_dir" "$home_local_themes_dir")
-target_themes_dir="$HOME/.themes"
 
-mkdir -p "$target_themes_dir" "$home_local_themes_dir" ||
-	{ echo "failed to make directoris $target_themes_dir & $home_local_themes_dir"; exit 1; }
+# Set the directories
 
-echo "Set watch for" "${source_theme_dirs[@]}" "directories ..."
-while inotifywait -qr -e 'modify,attrib,move,move_self,create,delete,delete_self,unmount' "${source_theme_dirs[@]}"; do
-	rsync -av --delete --progress "${source_theme_dirs[@]}" "$target_themes_dir"
-	echo "Directory $target_themes_dir is synchronized with" "${source_theme_dirs[@]}"
+shared\_themes\_dir=/usr/share/themes/
+local\_themes\_dir="$HOME/.themes/"
+
+# Function to synchronize themes from shared to local directory
+
+sync\_themes() {
+rsync -av --delete --progress "$shared\_themes\_dir" "$local\_themes\_dir"
+echo "Directory $local\_themes\_dir is synchronized with $shared\_themes\_dir"
+}
+
+# Initial synchronization
+
+sync\_themes
+
+# Function to monitor both shared and local themes directories
+
+monitor\_themes() {
+inotifywait -m -r -e modify,attrib,move,move\_self,create,delete,delete\_self,unmount "$shared\_themes\_dir" "$local\_themes\_dir" |
+while read -r events; do
+sync\_themes
 done
+}
+
+# Start monitoring in the background
+
+monitor\_themes