package File::DirSync; use strict; use Exporter; use Fcntl qw(O_CREAT O_RDONLY O_WRONLY O_EXCL); use Carp qw(croak); use vars qw( $VERSION @ISA $PROC ); $VERSION = '1.16'; @ISA = qw(Exporter); $PROC = join " ", $0, @ARGV; # Whether or not symlinks are supported use constant HAS_SYMLINKS => ($^O !~ /Win32/i) || 0; # Wallclock percent spent sleeping use constant GENTLE_PERCENT_DEFAULT => 50; use constant GENTLE_PERCENT_MIN => 0; use constant GENTLE_PERCENT_MAX => 99; # Disk Operations to run without sleeping use constant GENTLE_OPS_DEFAULT => 10_000; use constant GENTLE_OPS_MIN => 10; use constant GENTLE_OPS_MAX => 2_000_000; # Number of bytes that can read and write to and from a local file in one syscall use constant BUFSIZE => 8192; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = shift || {}; $self->{only} ||= []; $| = 1 if $self->{verbose}; bless $self, $class; return $self; } sub proctitle { my $self = shift; $self->{proctitle} ||= shift || $0; return $self->{proctitle}; } sub gentle { my $self = shift; $self->{_gentle_percent} = shift || GENTLE_PERCENT_DEFAULT; $self->{_gentle_percent} = GENTLE_PERCENT_MIN if $self->{_gentle_percent} < GENTLE_PERCENT_MIN; $self->{_gentle_percent} = GENTLE_PERCENT_MAX if $self->{_gentle_percent} > GENTLE_PERCENT_MAX; $self->{_gentle_maxops} = shift || GENTLE_OPS_DEFAULT; $self->{_gentle_maxops} = GENTLE_OPS_MIN if $self->{_gentle_percent} < GENTLE_OPS_MIN; $self->{_gentle_maxops} = GENTLE_OPS_MAX if $self->{_gentle_percent} > GENTLE_OPS_MAX; $self->{_gentle_started} = time; $self->{_gentle_ops} = 0; return $self->{_gentle_percent}; } sub _op { my $self = shift; if (($self->{_gentle_ops} += (shift || 1) ) => $self->{_gentle_maxops}) { # Reached maximum operations my $now = time(); my $elapsed = $now - $self->{_gentle_started}; $self->{_gentle_started} = $now; my $delay = int($elapsed * $self->{_gentle_percent} / 100 ) + 1; my $prevproc = $0; $0 = "$self->{proctitle} - gentle: SLEEPING $delay SECONDS UNTIL: ".scalar(localtime (time() + $delay)); sleep $delay; $0 = $prevproc; } return 1; } sub rebuild { my $self = shift; my $dir = shift || $self->{src}; croak 'Source directory must be specified: $obj->rebuild($directory) or define $obj->src($directory)' unless defined $dir; # Remove trailing / if accidently supplied $dir =~ s%/$%%; -d $dir or croak 'Source must be a directory'; if (@{ $self->{only} }) { foreach my $only (@{ $self->{only} }) { if ($only =~ /^$dir/) { $self->_rebuild( $only ); } else { croak "$only is not a subdirectory of $dir"; } local $self->{localmode} = 1; while ($only =~ s%/[^/]*$%% && $only =~ /^$dir/) { $self->_rebuild( $only ); } } } else { $self->_rebuild( $dir ); } $0 = $PROC if $self->{proctitle}; print "Rebuild cache complete.\n" if $self->{verbose}; } sub _rebuild { my $self = shift; my $dir = shift; # Hack to snab a scoped file handle. my $handle = do { local *FH; }; $dir = $1 if $dir =~ m%^(.*)$%; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; return unless opendir($handle, $dir); $0 = "$self->{proctitle} - rebuild: $dir" if $self->{proctitle}; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; my $current = (lstat $dir)[9]; my $most_current = $current; my $node; my $skew = $self->{maxskew}; if (defined $skew) { $skew += time; if ($current > $skew) { $most_current = $current = $skew; } } $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; while (defined ($node = readdir($handle))) { next if $node =~ /^\.\.?$/; next if $self->{ignore}->{$node}; my $path = "$dir/$node"; # Recurse into directories to make sure they # are updated before comparing time stamps $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; !$self->{localmode} && !-l $path && -d _ && $self->_rebuild( $path ); my $this_stamp = (lstat $path)[9]; next if -l _; if (defined $skew) { $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; if ($this_stamp > $skew and !-l $path) { print "Clock skew detected [$path] ".($this_stamp-$skew)." seconds in the future? Repairing...\n" if $self->{verbose}; utime($skew, $skew, $path); $this_stamp = $skew; } } if ($this_stamp > $most_current) { print "Found a newer node [$path]\n" if $self->{verbose}; $most_current = $this_stamp; } } closedir($handle); if ($most_current > $current) { print "Adjusting [$dir]...\n" if $self->{verbose}; $most_current = $1 if $most_current =~ /^(\d+)$/; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; utime($most_current, $most_current, $dir); } return; } sub tracking { my $self = shift; if (@_) { if (shift) { $self->{_tracking} = { removed => [], updated => [], skipped => [], failed => [], }; } else { delete $self->{_tracking}; } } return ($self->{_tracking} ? 1 : 0); } sub dirsync { my $self = shift; my $src = shift || $self->{src}; my $dst = shift || $self->{dst}; croak 'Source and destination directories must be specified: $obj->dirsync($source_directory, $destination_directory) or specify $obj->to($source_directory) and $obj->src($destination_directory)' unless (defined $src) && (defined $dst); # Remove trailing / if accidently supplied $src =~ s%/$%%; -d $src or croak 'Source must be a directory'; # Remove trailing / if accidently supplied $dst =~ s%/$%%; my $upper_dst = $dst; $upper_dst =~ s%/?[^/]+$%%; if ($upper_dst && !-d $upper_dst) { croak "Destination root [$upper_dst] must exist: Aborting dirsync"; } $self->_dirsync( $src, $dst ); $0 = $PROC if $self->{proctitle}; return; } sub _dirsync { my $self = shift; my $src = shift; my $dst = shift; $self->_op(2) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; my $when_dst = (lstat $dst)[9]; my $size_dst = -s _; my $when_src = (lstat $src)[9]; my $size_src = -s _; if (HAS_SYMLINKS) { # Symlink Check must be first because # I could not figure out how to preserve # timestamps (without root privileges). if (-l _) { # Source is a symlink $self->_op(2) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; my $point = readlink($src); if (-l $dst) { # Dest is a symlink, too if ($point eq (readlink $dst)) { # Symlinks match, nothing to do. $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; return; } # Remove incorrect symlink print "$dst: Removing symlink\n" if $self->{verbose}; unlink $dst or warn "$dst: Failed to remove symlink: $!\n"; $self->_op(2) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } if (-d $dst) { # Wipe directory print "$dst: Removing tree\n" if $self->{verbose}; $self->rmtree($dst) or warn "$dst: Failed to rmtree!\n"; } elsif (-e $dst) { # Regular file (or something else) needs to go print "$dst: Removing\n" if $self->{verbose}; unlink $dst or warn "$dst: Failed to purge: $!\n"; } if (-l $dst || -e $dst) { warn "$dst: Still exists after wipe?!!!\n"; } $point = $1 if $point =~ /^(.+)$/; # Taint # Point to the same place that $src points to print "$dst -> $point\n" if $self->{verbose}; symlink $point, $dst or warn "$dst: Failed to create symlink: $!\n"; $self->_op(5) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; return; } } if ($self->{nocache} && -d _) { $size_dst = -1; } # Short circuit and kick out the common case: # Nothing to do if the timestamp and size match if ( defined ( $when_src && $when_dst && $size_src && $size_dst) && $when_src == $when_dst && $size_src == $size_dst ) { push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{skipped} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; return; } # Regular File Check if (-f _) { # Source is a plain file if (-l $dst) { # Dest is a symlink print "$dst: Removing symlink\n" if $self->{verbose}; unlink $dst or warn "$dst: Failed to remove symlink: $!\n"; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } elsif (-d _) { # Wipe directory print "$dst: Removing tree\n" if $self->{verbose}; $self->rmtree($dst) or warn "$dst: Failed to rmtree: $!\n"; } $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; $0 = "$self->{proctitle} - copying: $src => $dst" if $self->{proctitle}; if ($self->copy($src, $dst)) { print "$dst: Updated\n" if $self->{verbose}; push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{updated} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; } else { warn "$dst: Failed to copy: $!\n"; } if (!-e $dst) { warn "$dst: Never created?!!!\n"; push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{failed} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; return; } # Force permissions to match the source chmod( (stat $src)[2] & 0777, $dst) or warn "$dst: Failed to chmod: $!\n"; # Force user and group ownership to match the source chown ( (stat _)[4], (stat _)[5], $dst) or warn "$dst: Failed to chown: $!\n"; # Force timestamp to match the source. utime $when_src, $when_src, $dst or warn "$dst: Failed to utime: $!\n"; $self->_op(4) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; return; } # Missing Check if (!-e _) { # The source does not exist # The destination must also not exist print "$dst: Removing\n" if $self->{verbose}; $0 = "$self->{proctitle} - removing: $dst" if $self->{proctitle}; if ( $self->rmtree($dst) ) { push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{removed} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; } else { push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{failed} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; warn "$dst: Failed to rmtree!\n"; } return; } # Finally, the recursive Directory Check if (-d _) { # Source is a directory if (-l $dst) { # Dest is a symlink print "$dst: Removing symlink\n" if $self->{verbose}; unlink $dst or warn "$dst: Failed to remove symlink: $!\n"; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } if (-f $dst) { # Dest is a plain file # It must be wiped print "$dst: Removing file\n" if $self->{verbose}; if ( unlink($dst) ) { push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{removed} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; } else { push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{failed} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; warn "$dst: Failed to unlink file: $!\n"; } $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } if (!-d $dst) { if ( mkdir $dst, 0755 ) { push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{updated} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; } else { push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{failed} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; warn "$dst: Failed to mkdir: $!\n"; } $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } -d $dst or warn "$dst: Destination directory cannot exist?\n"; $self->_op(4) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; # If nocache() was not specified, then it is okay # skip this directory if the timestamps match. if (!$self->{nocache}) { # (The directory sizes do not really matter.) # If the timestamps are the same, nothing to do # because rebuild() will ensure that the directory # timestamp is the most recent within its # entire descent. if ( defined ( $when_src && $when_dst) && $when_src == $when_dst ) { push @{ $self->{_tracking}->{skipped} }, $dst if $self->{_tracking}; return; } } print "$dst: Scanning...\n" if $self->{verbose}; # I know the source is a directory. # I know the destination is also a directory # which has a different timestamp than the # source. All nodes within both directories # must be scanned and updated accordingly. my ($handle, $node, %nodes); $handle = do { local *FH; }; $0 = "$self->{proctitle} - src: $src" if $self->{proctitle}; return unless opendir($handle, $src); while (defined ($node = readdir($handle))) { next if $node =~ /^\.\.?$/; next if $self->{ignore}->{$node}; next if ($self->{localmode} && !-l "$src/$node" && -d _); $nodes{$node} = 1; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } closedir($handle); $handle = do { local *FH; }; $0 = "$self->{proctitle} - dst: $dst" if $self->{proctitle}; return unless opendir($handle, $dst); while (defined ($node = readdir($handle))) { next if $node =~ /^\.\.?$/; next if $self->{ignore}->{$node}; next if ($self->{localmode} && !-l "$src/$node" && -d _); $nodes{$node} = 1; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } closedir($handle); $0 = "$self->{proctitle} - syncing: $src => $dst" if $self->{proctitle}; # %nodes is now a union set of all nodes # in both the source and destination. # Recursively call myself for each node. foreach $node (keys %nodes) { $self->_dirsync("$src/$node", "$dst/$node"); } # Force permissions to match the source chmod( (stat $src)[2] & 0777, $dst) or warn "$dst: Failed to chmod: $!\n"; # Force user and group ownership to match the source chown( (stat $src)[4], (stat _)[5], $dst) or warn "$dst: Failed to chown: $!\n"; # Force timestamp to match the source. utime $when_src, $when_src, $dst or warn "$dst: Failed to utime: $!\n"; $self->_op(5) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; return; } print "$src: Unimplemented weird type of file! Skipping...\n" if $self->{verbose}; } sub only { my $self = shift; push (@{ $self->{only} }, @_); } sub maxskew { my $self = shift; $self->{maxskew} = shift || 0; } sub dst { my $self = shift; $self->{dst} = shift; } sub src { my $self = shift; $self->{src} = shift; } sub ignore { my $self = shift; $self->{ignore} ||= {}; # Load ignore into a hash foreach my $node (@_) { $self->{ignore}->{$node} = 1; } } sub lockfile { my $self = shift; my $lockfile = shift or return; open (LOCK, ">$lockfile") or return; if (!flock(LOCK, 6)) { # (LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB) print "Skipping due to concurrent process already running.\n" if $self->{verbose}; exit; } } sub verbose { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{verbose} = shift; } return $self->{verbose}; } sub localmode { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{localmode} = shift; } return $self->{localmode}; } sub nocache { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{nocache} = shift; } return $self->{nocache}; } sub entries_updated { my $self = shift; return () unless ( ref $self->{_tracking} eq 'HASH' ); return @{ $self->{_tracking}->{updated} }; } sub entries_removed { my $self = shift; return () unless ( ref $self->{_tracking} eq 'HASH' ); return @{ $self->{_tracking}->{removed} }; } sub entries_skipped { my $self = shift; return () unless ( ref $self->{_tracking} eq 'HASH' ); return @{ $self->{_tracking}->{skipped} }; } sub entries_failed { my $self = shift; return () unless ( ref $self->{_tracking} eq 'HASH' ); return @{ $self->{_tracking}->{failed} }; } sub rmtree { my $self = shift; my $restore = {}; foreach my $node (@_) { $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; my (undef,undef,$mode) = lstat $node; if (-d _) { my @files = (); if (opendir my $d, $node) { @files = readdir $d; closedir $d; } else { unless ($mode & 0200) { # Make directory writable chmod 0777, $node or warn "$node: Failed to chmod: $!\n"; $self->_op(2) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; # Try to opendir one last time if (opendir my $d, $node) { @files = readdir $d; closedir $d; } else { warn "$node: Failed to opendir: $!\n"; } } } $self->rmtree( map { "$node/$_" } grep !/^\.\.?$/, @files ); rmdir $node; $self->_op(3 + scalar(@files)) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } else { if (!unlink $node and lstat $node) { # Tried to unlink it but it still exists my $dir = $node; $dir =~ s%[^/]*$%.%; my (undef,undef, $dmode) = lstat $dir; unless ($dmode & 0200) { # Make directory writable chmod 0777, $dir or warn "$dir: Failed to chmod: $!\n"; $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } # Try one last time to remove unlink $node or warn "$node: Failed to unlink: $!\n"; $self->_op(4) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; # Don't forget to restore this guy back to how he was $restore->{$dir} = $dmode & 07777 unless exists $restore->{$dir}; } else { $self->_op if $self->{_gentle_percent}; } } } foreach my $dir (keys %{ $restore }) { chmod $restore->{$dir}, $dir; } $self->_op(1 + scalar(keys %{ $restore }) ) if $self->{_gentle_percent}; return $_[0] && !lstat $_[0]; } # Create copy of $src as $dst in one atomic operation. # (The $dst file will never be partial.) sub copy { my $self = shift; my $src = shift; my $dst = shift; my $temp_dst = $dst; $temp_dst =~ s%/([^/]+)$%/.\#$1.dirsync.tmp%; my $ops = 0; my $errno = 0; $ops++; if (sysopen FROM, $src, O_RDONLY) { $ops++; if (sysopen TO, $temp_dst, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600) { my $buffer; while ($ops++ and sysread(FROM, $buffer, BUFSIZE)) { if ($ops++ and !syswrite(TO, $buffer, length $buffer)) { $errno = $!; last; } } $ops++; close TO; } else { $errno = $!; } $ops++; close FROM; } else { $errno = $!; } $ops++; # Make sure never to block until after the entire file has been copied regardless of how big the file is. $self->{_gentle_ops} += $ops if $self->{_gentle_percent}; if ($errno) { unlink $temp_dst; $! = $errno; return undef; } return rename $temp_dst, $dst; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME File::DirSync - Syncronize two directories rapidly $Id: DirSync.pm,v 1.37 2007/08/04 07:29:56 rob Exp $ =head1 SYNOPSIS use File::DirSync; my $dirsync = new File::DirSync { verbose => 1, nocache => 1, localmode => 1, }; $dirsync->src("/remote/home/www"); $dirsync->dst("/home/www"); $dirsync->ignore("CVS"); $dirsync->rebuild(); # and / or $dirsync->dirsync(); =head1 DESCRIPTION File::DirSync will make two directories exactly the same. The goal is to perform this syncronization process as quickly as possible with as few stats and reads and writes as possible. It usually can perform the syncronization process within a few milliseconds - even for gigabytes or more of information. Much like File::Copy::copy, one is designated as the source and the other as the destination, but this works for directories too. It will ensure the entire file structure within the descent of the destination matches that of the source. It will copy files, update time stamps, adjust symlinks, and remove files and directories as required to force consistency. The algorithm used to keep the directory structures consistent is a dirsync cache stored within the source structure. This cache is stored within the timestamp information of the directory nodes. No additional checksum files or separate status configurations are required nor created. So it will not affect any files or symlinks within the source_directory nor its descent. =head1 METHODS =head2 new( [ { properties... } ] ) Instantiate a new object to prepare for the rebuild and/or dirsync mirroring process. $dirsync = new File::DirSync; Key/value pairs in a property hash may optionally be specified as well if desired as demonstrated in the SYNOPSIS above. The default property hash is as follows: $dirsync = new File::DirSync { verbose => 0, nocache => 0, localmode => 0, src => undef, dst => undef, }; =head2 src( ) Specify the source_directory to be used as the default for the rebuild() method if none is specified. This also sets the default source_directory for the dirsync() method if none is specified. =head2 dst( ) Specify the destination_directory to be used as the default for the dirsync() method of none is specified. =head2 rebuild( [ ] ) In order to run most efficiently, a source cache should be built prior to the dirsync process. That is what this method does. If no is specified, you must have already set the value through the src() method or by passing it as a value to the "src" property to the new() method. Unfortunately, write access to is required for this method. $dirsync->rebuild( $from ); This may take from a few seconds to a few minutes depending on the number of nodes within its directory descent. For best performance, it is recommended to execute this rebuild on the computer actually storing the files on its local drive. If it must be across NFS or other remote protocol, try to avoid rebuilding on a machine with much latency from the machine with the actual files, or it may take an unusually long time. =head2 dirsync( [ [ , ] ] ) Copy everything from to . If no or are specified, you must have already set the values through the src() or dst() methods or by passing it to the "src" or "dst" properties to new(). Files and directories within that do not exist in will be removed. New nodes put within since the last dirsync() will be mirrored to retaining permission modes and timestamps. Write access to is required. Read-only access to is sufficient since it will not be modifed by this method. $dirsync->dirsync( $from, $to ); The rebuild() method should have been run on prior to using dirsync() for maximum efficiency. If not, then use the nocache() setting to force dirsync() to mirror the entire regardless of the dirsync source cache. =head2 only( [, ...] ) If you are sure nothing has changed within source_directory except for , you can specify a file or directory using this method. $dirsync->only( "$from/htdocs" ); However, the cache will still be built all the way up to the source_directory. This only() node must always be a subdirectory or a file within source_directory. This option only applies to the rebuild() method and is ignored for the dirsync() method. This method may be used multiple times to rebuild several nodes. It may also be passed a list of nodes. If this method is not called before rebuild() is, then the entire directory structure of source_directory and its descent will be rebuilt. =head2 maxskew( [ future_seconds ] ) In order to avoid corrupting directory time stamps into the future, you can specify a maximum future_seconds that you will permit a node in the directory to be modified. $dirsync->maxskew( 7200 ); If the maxskew method is not called, then no corrections to the files or directories will be made. If no argument is passed, then future_seconds is assumed to be 0, meaning "now" is considered to be the farthest into the future that a file should be allowed to be modified. =head2 ignore( ) Avoid recursing into directories named within source_directory. It may be called multiple times to ignore several directory names. $dirsync->ignore("CVS"); This method applies to both the rebuild() process and the dirsync() process. =head2 lockfile( ) If this option is used, will be used to ensure that only one dirsync process is running at a time. If another process is concurrently running, this process will immediately abort without doing anything. If does not exist, it will be created. This might be useful say for a cron that runs dirsync every minute, but just in case it takes longer than a minute to finish the dirsync process. It would be a waste of resources to have multiple simultaneous dirsync processes all attempting to dirsync the same files. The default is to always dirsync. =head2 verbose( [ <0_or_1> ] ) $dirsync->verbose( 1 ); Read verbose setting or turn verbose off or on. Default is off. =head2 localmode( [ <0_or_1> ] ) Read or set local directory only mode to avoid recursing into the directory descent. $dirsync->localmode( 1 ); Default is to perform the action recursively by descending into all subdirectories of source_directory. =head2 nocache( [ <0_or_1> ] ) When mirroring from source_directory to destination_directory, do not assume the rebuild() method has been run on the source already to rebuild the dirsync cache. All files will be mirrored. $dirsync->nocache( 1 ); If enabled, it will significantly degrade the performance of the mirroring process. The default is 0 - assume that rebuild() has already rebuilt the source cache. =head2 gentle( [ [, ] ] ) Specify gentleness for all disk operations. This is useful for those servers with very busy disk drives and you need to slow down the sync process in order to allow other processes the io slices they demand. The is the realtime percentage of time you wish to be sleeping instead of doing anything on the hard drive, i.e., a low value (1) will spend most of the time working and a high value (99) will spend most of the time sleeping. The is the number of disk operations you wish to perform in between each sleep interval. $dirsync->gentle( 25, 1_000 ); If gentle is called without arguments, then some default "nice" values are set. If gentle is not called at all, then it will process all disk operations at full blast without sleeping at all. =head2 proctitle( [ procname ] ) Enable proctitle mode which shows the current operation on the process title. If procname is specified, then it shows that string in the "ps" listing. Otherwise, the current $0 is used. This is mostly for progress tracking for convenience purposes. $dirsync->proctitle( "SYNCING" ); Default is not to alter the process title at all. =head2 tracking( [ <0_or_1> ] ) Enable or disable tracking mode. Operation tracking is disabled by default in order to reduce CPU and memory consumption. See entries_* methods below for more details. =head2 entries_updated() Returns an array of all directories and files updated in the last C, an empty list if it hasn't been run yet. =head2 entries_removed() Returns an array of all directories and files removed in the last C, an empty list if it hasn't been run yet. =head2 entries_skipped() Returns an array of all directories and files that were skipped in the last C, an empty list if it hasn't been run yet. =head2 entries_failed() Returns an array of all directories and files that failed in the last C, an empty list if it hasn't been run yet. =head1 TODO Generalized file manipulation routines to allow for easier integration with third-party file management systems. Support for FTP dirsync (both source and destination). Support for Samba style sharing dirsync. Support for VFS, HTTP/DAV, and other more standard remote third-party file management. Support for skipping dirsync to avoid wiping the entire destination directory when the source directory is empty. Support for dereferencing symlinks instead of creating matching symlinks in the destination. =head1 BUGS If the source or destination directory permission settings do not provide write access, there may be problems trying to update nodes within that directory. If a source file is modified after, but within the same second, that it is dirsynced to the destination and is exactly the same size, the new version may not be updated to the destination. The source will need to be modified again or at least the timestamp changed after the entire second has passed by. A quick touch should do the trick. It does not update timestamps on symlinks, because I couldn't figure out how to do it without dinking with the system clock. :-/ If anyone knows a better way, just let the author know. Only plain files, directories, and symlinks are supported at this time. Special files, (including mknod), pipe files, and socket files will be ignored. If a destination node is modified, added, or removed, it is not guaranteed to revert to the source unless its corresponding node within the source tree is also modified. To ensure syncronization to a destination that may have been modifed, a rebuild() will also need to be performed on the destination tree as well as the source. This bug does not apply when using { nocache => 1} however. Win32 PLATFORM: Removing or renaming a node from the source tree does NOT modify the timestamp of the directory containing that node for some reason (see test case t/110_behave.t). Thus, this change cannot be detected and stored in the source rebuild() cache. The workaround for renaming a file is to modify the contents of the new file in some way or make sure at least the modified timestamp gets updated. The workaround for removing a file, (which also works for renaming a file), is to manually update the timestamp of the directory where the node used to reside: perl -e "utime time,time,q{.}" Then the rebuild() cache can detect and propagate the changes to the destination. The other workaround is to disable the rebuild() cache (nocache => 1) although the dirsync() process will generally take longer. =head1 AUTHOR Rob Brown, bbb@cpan.org =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2002-2007, Rob Brown, bbb@cpan.org All rights reserved. This may be copied, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L =cut