rsyncinator

Repeatably Rsync files

This is a Capistrano 3.x plugin, and relies on SSH access with passwordless sudo rights.

Installation:

• gem install rsyncinator (Or add it to your Gemfile and bundle install.)
• Add "require 'rsyncinator'" to your Capfile echo "require 'rsyncinator'" >> Capfile
• Create example configs: cap rsyncinator:write_example_configs
• Turn them into real configs by removing the _example portions of their names, and adjusting their content to fit your needs. (Later when you upgrade to a newer version of rsyncinator, you can rsyncinator:write_example_configs again and diff your current configs against the new configs to see what you need to add.)

Usage:

cap -T will help remind you of the available commands, see this for more details.

• After setting up your config files during installation simply run: cap <stage> rsync
• If you want to use Rsync's --delete option simply run: cap <stage> rsync:delete
• If you want to use Rsync's --dry-run option simply run: cap <stage> rsync:dry or cap <stage> rsync:delete:dry
• Run cap <stage> rsync:log to see the latest sync in the Rsync log file. (For programmatically examining long running syncs.)
• Run cap <stage> rsync:log:tail to see the last few lines of the Rsync log file. (For programmatically checking on long running syncs.)

Debugging:

• You can add the --trace option at the end of a command to see when which tasks are invoked, and when which task is actually executed.