dirsync(1) - Linux man page

Name

dirsync - Directory Synchronizer

Synopsis

dirsync [-h] [-v level ] [-q] [-X dir ] [-x file ] [-r] [-b size ] [-m mode ] [-V] [-T format ] [-D format ] [-l file ] source dest

Description

DirSync is a Directory Synchronizer. This utility takes two arguments: the source and destination directory, and makes recursively the two directories identical.

Options

-h Display a short message help.

-v level

Specify the verbosity level (default 0).

-q Quiet mode (the same effect of -v 0).

-e regex (1)

Exclude files and directory matched by the regular expression. For more information about pattern matching see "Henry Spencer's regular expression library"

-V Read after write. Verify copied data.

-X name (1)

Exclude the directory named name.

-x name (1)

Exclude the file named name.

-b size

Set the buffer size used for the copy. Default 65536 for MSDOS or 1048576.

-m mode

Set file copy mode:

0 - Copy if have different size or date. (Default)

1 - Copy if the destination is older than source.

2 - Show only the difference.

-r Don't remove files/directories missed in the source.

-T format

Set the date and time format (in strftime style).

-D format

Set the date format (in strftime style).

-l file

Log the operation in the specified file. If file is - the filename will be the current date formatted (see -D). Any line of the log have the date and time in the current time and date format (see -T).

-L Follow symlinks (copy contents of the file instead of

duplicating symlink).

(1) If name starts with @ the remaining characters will be used as a file name. The file must contain space separated word used in sequence for the option.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <mario@viara.cn>.

Author

Mario Viara