LSYNCD(1)							      Lsyncd								 LSYNCD(1)

NAME

       lsyncd - a daemon to continuously synchronize directory trees

SYNOPSIS

       config file
	    *lsyncd* [OPTIONS] CONFIG-FILE

       default rsync behaviour
	    *lsyncd* [OPTIONS] -rsync SOURCEDIR TARGET ...

       default rync+ssh bevahiour (moves and deletes through ssh)
	    *lsyncd* [OPTIONS] -rsyncssh SOURCEDIR TARGETHOST TARGETDIR ...

       default direct bevahiour (local file operations/rsync)
	    *lsyncd* [OPTIONS] -direct SOURCEDIR TARGETDIR ...

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 blockdevices 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
       retransmitting 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 http://code.google.com/p/lsyncd/wiki/Lsyncd20Manual

       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
	   Overrides the default delay times.

       -help
	   Show a help message.

       -insist
	   Continues startup even if a startup rsync cannot connect.

       -log LEVEL
	   Controls which kind of events are logged. By default Lsyncd logs Normal and Error Messages.	-log scarce will make Lsyncd log Error
	   messages only.  -log all will log all debug messages.

       -log Category
	   Turns on a specific debug message. E.g.  -log Exec will log all processes as they are spawned.

       -nodaemon
	   Lsyncd will not detach from the invoker and log as well to stdout/err.

       -pidfile FILE
	   Lsyncd will write its process ID in FILE.

       -runner FILE
	   Makes the Lsyncd core load the part of Lsyncd written in Lua from FILE.

       -version
	   Writes version information and exits.

EXIT STATUS

       0
	   Terminated on a TERM signal(7)

       -1
	   Failure (syntax, unrecoverable error condition, internal failure)

SEE ALSO

       Online Manual: http://code.google.com/p/lsyncd/wiki/Lsyncd2

VERSION

       This man page is for lsyncd(1) version 2.0.5

AUTHOR

       Axel Kittenberger, <axkibe@gmail.com> 2010-2011

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2010-2011 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).

Lsyncd 2.0.6							    August 2011 							 LSYNCD(1)