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CSYNC(1) [FIXME: manual] CSYNC(1)



NAME
csync - A commandline frontent for csync a user level bidirectional file synchronizer.



SYNOPSIS

csync [OPTION...] SOURCE DESTINATION



DESCRIPTION

csync is a client only bidirectional file synchronizer. It synchronizes the content of SOURCE with DESTINATION and vice versa. The DESTINATION can be a local directory or a remote file server.

You can use csync for different things. The intention is to provide Roaming Home Directories for Linux but you can use it to synchronize your music collection or create a backup of a directory.



OPTIONS

--create-statedb

Run update detection and write the statedb (TESTING ONLY!)

-d, --disable-statedb

Disable the usage and creation of a statedb.

--exclude-file=<file>

Add an additional exclude file

-r, --reconcile

Run ONLY update detection and reconcilation This option is for debugging

-u, --update

Run ONLY the update detection This option is for debugging

-?, --help

Print the help list

-V, --version

Print program version



EXIT STATUS

0

Success

1

Failure (syntax or usage error; configuration error; unexpected error).



EXAMPLES

•csync /home/user /backup/home/user 

Synchronizer two local directories.

•csync /home/user smb://server/share/user 

Synchronize a home directory with a SMB share.

•csync /home/user smb://user:password@server/share/user 

Synchronize a home directory with a SMB share and provide username and
password directly.



BUGS

Please report bugs at https://dev.csync.org/.



SEE ALSO

libcsync(7)



AUTHORS

Andreas Schneider <mail@cynapses.org>



COPYING

Copyright \(c) 2006-2008 Andreas Schneider. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

12/13/2008 [FIXME: source]