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lsyncd

NAME

lsyncd - A rsync-based tool to monitor a directory including subdirectories and update modifications.

SYNOPSIS

lsyncd [--binary FILE] [--conf FILE] [--debug] [--delay SECS] [--dryrun] [--exclude-file FILE] [--logfile FILE] [--no-daemon] [--pidfile FILE] [--scarce] [--stubborn] [source] [target...]

lsyncd [{--help} | {--version}]

DESCRIPTION

lsyncd

is a program that uses rsync to synchronize local directories with a or several remote machine(s) running rsyncd. Lsyncd watches multiple directory trees through inotify. On startup it will rsync all directories with the remote host(s), and then sync single directories by collecting the inotify events. This tool is a light-weight live mirror solution.

OPTIONS

The program takes options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

--binary FILE

Call this binary to sync (DEFAULT: /usr/bin/rsync).

--conf FILE

config file to read config from. See lsyncd.conf.xml(5)
Default: /etc/lsyncd.conf.xml if no source, target is given in the commandline. If they are given and [--conf] is not given no config file will be loaded.

--debug

Log debug messages

--deleay SECS

If <delay/> is greater than zero, lsyncd waits this amount of seconds between an event and calling the binary. All events for a directory in this timeframe will be aggregated to one call. Default is 5 seconds.

     <delay/>
 

--dryrun

Do not call rsync, run dry only

--exclude-file FILE

Exclude file handlet to rsync (DEFAULT: None).

--logfile FILE

Put log here (DEFAULT: /var/log/lsyncd).

--no-daemon

Do not detach, log to stdout/stderr.

--pidfile FILE

Create a file with pid of application.

--scarce

Only log errors.

--stubborn

Continue even if startup sync fails.

--help

Show summary of options.

--version

Show version of program.

FILES

/etc/lsyncd.conf.xml

The default location of configuration file.

/var/log/lsyncd

The default location of log file. Make sure the running user has write access to this file, or specify a different log file name.

DIAGNOSTICS

lsyncd provides some return codes, that can be used in scripts:

Code	Diagnostic
0	Program exited successfully.
1	Out of memory.
2	File was not found, or failed to write.
3	binary (most likely rsync) returned non-zero result on startup.
4	Something wrong the command-line arguments in the lsyncd invocation.
5	Too many exclude files were specified.
6	Something wrong with the config file.
7	Kernel cannot do inotify.
255	Internal failure.

SEE ALSO

lsyncd.conf.xml(5) rsync(1)

The programs are documented fully in README file available in /usr/share/doc/lsyncd/README.gz.

AUTHORS

Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org>

Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

Axel Kittenberger <axel.kittenberger@univie.ac.at>

Strives to keep this up to date.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Junichi Uekawa, Axel Kittenberger

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.