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LSYNCD(1) | Lsyncd | LSYNCD(1) |
NAME¶
lsyncd - a daemon to continuously synchronize directory trees
SYNOPSIS¶
config file
default rsync behaviour
default rync+ssh behaviour (moves and deletes through ssh)
default direct behaviour (local file operations/rsync)
DESCRIPTION¶
Lsyncd(1) watches local directory trees through an event monitor interface (inotify, fsevents). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and then spawns one or more processes to synchronize the changes. By default this is rsync(1). Lsyncd is thus a light-weight asynchronous live mirror solution that is comparatively easy to install not requiring new filesystems or block devices and does not hamper local filesystem performance.
Rsync+ssh is an advanced action configuration that uses a SSH(1) to act file and directory moves directly on the target instead of re-transmitting the move destination over the wire.
Fine-grained customization can be achieved through the CONFIG-FILE. Custom action configs can even be written from scratch in cascading layers ranging from shell scripts to code written in the LUA(1) language. This way simplicity can be balanced with powerfulness. See the online manual for details on the CONFIG-FILE https://axkibe.github.io/lsyncd/manual/config/file/ .
Note that under normal configuration Lsyncd will delete pre-existing files in the target directories that are not present in the respective source directory.
OPTIONS¶
-delay SECS
-help
-insist
-log LEVEL
-log Category
-nodaemon
-pidfile FILE
-runner FILE
-version
EXIT STATUS¶
(128+SIGNUM)
-1
SEE ALSO¶
Online Manual: https://axkibe.github.io/lsyncd/
VERSION¶
This man page is for lsyncd(1) version 2.2.0
AUTHOR¶
Axel Kittenberger, <axkibe@gmail.com> 2010-2017
COPYING¶
Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Axel Kittenberger. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, or any later version. Free redistrubition of this Documentation (/doc directory) is granted under the terms of the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License (CC-3.0-BY).
January 2017 | Lsyncd 2.2.1 |