continous checking

The previous script stopped working. Only at times it synced when you were to install a theme. The above code works all the time but uses a constant "checking" of the folders. What do you think about it? Courtesy of chatgpt hahaha

bin/periodic/fix-flatpaks-theming

@@ -1,30 +1,37 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Set the directories
-
+shared_themes_dir=/usr/share/themes/
-shared\_themes\_dir=/usr/share/themes/
+local_themes_dir="$HOME/.themes/"
-local\_themes\_dir="$HOME/.themes/"
 
 # Function to synchronize themes from shared to local directory
-
+sync_themes() {
-sync\_themes() {
+    rsync -av --delete --progress "$shared_themes_dir" "$local_themes_dir"
-rsync -av --delete --progress "$shared\_themes\_dir" "$local\_themes\_dir"
+    echo "Directory $local_themes_dir is synchronized with $shared_themes_dir"
-echo "Directory $local\_themes\_dir is synchronized with $shared\_themes\_dir"
 }
 
 # Initial synchronization
+sync_themes
 
-sync\_themes
+# Function to monitor shared themes directory
+monitor_shared_themes() {
+    inotifywait -m -r -e 'modify,attrib,move,move_self,create,delete,delete_self,unmount' "$shared_themes_dir" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+}
 
-# Function to monitor both shared and local themes directories
+# Function to monitor local themes directory
-
+monitor_local_themes() {
-monitor\_themes() {
+    inotifywait -m -r -e 'modify,attrib,move,move_self,create,delete,delete_self,unmount' "$local_themes_dir" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-inotifywait -m -r -e modify,attrib,move,move\_self,create,delete,delete\_self,unmount "$shared\_themes\_dir" "$local\_themes\_dir" |
-while read -r events; do
-sync\_themes
-done
 }
 
 # Start monitoring in the background
+monitor_shared_themes
+monitor_local_themes
 
-monitor\_themes
+# Monitor changes and sync periodically
+while true; do
+    # Wait for a short period (e.g., 5 seconds) before syncing again
+    sleep 5
+
+    # Synchronize if there were changes in either directory
+    sync_themes
+done