NAME
dirsync - Syncronize two directories rapidly
$Id: dirsync,v 1.7 2001/12/12 19:09:21 rob Exp $
SYNOPSIS
# Rebuild the source cache for rapid updating.
dirsync [ options ] --rebuild <source_dir>
# Quickly update source to destination.
dirsync [ options ] <source_dir> <dest_dir>
-or-
# Mirror source to destination ignoring cache.
# (almost like: cp -a <source_dir>/. <dest_dir>/.
# except files may be deleted in destination
# to ensure exact consistency with source.)
dirsync [ options ] --nocache <source_dir> <dest_dir>DESCRIPTION
This is just a wrapper script for easy commandline access to File::DirSync. It mirrors all files and symlinks recursively from source_dir to dest_dir.
OPTIONS
--help (or -h)
Show this help screen
--rebuild (or -r)
Rebuilds the dirsync cache on source_dir. Write access to source_dir is required to rebuild. If dest_dir is not specified when this option is, then nothing is mirrored to anywhere after the cache is rebuilt.
--local (or -l)
Local directory only, no recursion.
--nocache (or -n)
When mirroring from source_dir to dest_dir, do not assume that --rebuild has built the dirsync cache on source_dir already. It is ignored and all files are mirrored. This option will significantly slow the performance of the mirroring process.
--ignore <dir> (or -i=<dir>)
Avoid recursing into directories named <dir> within the entire descent of source_dir. This option applies to both the --rebuild option and the mirroring process if a second directory is supplied. It may be specified multiple times to ignore several directories.
--only <node> (or -o=<node>)
If this option is used, this will be the only node checked for changes, but the cache will still be rebuilt all the way to source_dir. This only node must always be a subdirectory or a file within a subdirectory of source_dir. This option only applies to the --rebuild option. It may be specified multiple times to rebuild several nodes.
--concur <lockfile> (or -c=<lockfile>)
If this option is used, <lockfile> will be used to ensure that only one dirsync process is running at a time. If another process is concurrently running, this process will immediately abort without doing anything. If <lockfile> does not exist, it will be created.
--verbose (or -v)
Show extra details.
AUTHOR
Rob Brown, rob@roobik.com
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001, Rob Brown, rob@roobik.com
All rights reserved.
This may be copied, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.