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6.\" $DragonFly: src/bin/cpdup/cpdup.1,v 1.10 2006/04/27 10:23:20 swildner Exp $
7.Dd October 28, 1999
8.Dt CPDUP 1
9.Os BSD 4
10.Sh NAME
11.Nm cpdup
12.Nd mirror filesystems
13.Sh SYNOPSIS
14.Nm cpdup
15.Op Fl v[vv..]
16.Op Fl u
17.Op Fl I
18.Op Fl f
19.Op Fl s0
20.Op Fl i0
21.Op Fl q
22.Op Fl o
23.Op Fl m
24.Oo
25.Fl M
26.Ar file
27.Oc
28.Op Fl k
29.Oo
30.Fl K
31.Ar file
32.Oc
33.Oo
34.Fl X
35.Ar file
36.Oc
37.Op Fl x
38.Ar source_dir
39.Ar target_dir
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43utility makes an exact mirror copy of the source in the destination, creating
44and deleting files and directories as necessary.  UTimes, hardlinks,
45softlinks, devices, permissions, and flags are mirrored.  By default,
46.Nm
47asks for confirmation if any file or directory needs to be removed from
48the destination and does not copy files which it believes to have already
49been synchronized (by observing that the source and destination file's size
50and mtimes match).
51.Nm
52does not cross mount points in either the source or the destination.
53As a safety measure,
54.Nm
55refuses to replace a destination directory with a file.
56.Pp
57The following options are available:
58.Bl -tag -width flag
59.It Fl v[vv]
60Set verboseness.  By default
61.Nm
62does not report its progress except when asking for confirmation.  A single
63.Fl v
64will only report modifications made to the destination.
65.Fl vv
66will report directories as they are being traversed as well as
67modifications made to the destination.
68.Fl vvv
69will cause all files and directories to be reported whether or not
70modifications are made.
71.It Fl u
72Causes the ouptut generated by
73.Fl v[vv]
74to be unbuffered.
75This can be useful for obtaining prompt progress updates through a pipe.
76.It Fl I
77will cause cpdup to print a summary at the end with performance counter.
78.It Fl f
79Forces file updates to occur even if the files appear to be the same.
80.It Fl s0
81Disable the disallow-file-replaces-directory safety feature.  This
82safety feature is enabled by default to prevent user mistakes from blowing
83away everything accidently.
84.It Fl i0
85Do not request confirmation when removing something.
86.It Fl q
87Quiet operation
88.It Fl o
89Do not remove any files, just overwrite/add.
90.It Fl m
91Generate and maintain a MD5 checkfile in each directory on the source
92and do an MD5 check on each file of the destination when the destination
93appears to be the same as the source.  If the check fails,
94.Nm
95the source is recopied to the destination.  When you specify a destination
96directory the MD5 checkfile is only updated as needed and may not be updated
97even if modifications are made to a source file.  If you do not specify a
98destination directory the
99.Nm
100command forcefully regenerates the MD5 checkfile for every file in the source.
101.It Fl M Ar file
102Works the same as
103.Fl m
104but allows you to specify the name of the MD5 checkfile.
105.It Fl k
106Generate and maintain a FSMID checkfile called .FSMID.CHECK in each
107directory on the target.
108.Nm
109will check the FSMID for each source file or directory against the checkfile
110on the target and will not copy the file or recurse through the directory
111when a match occurs.  Any source file or directory with the same name as the
112checkfile will be ignored.  The FSMID will be re-checked after the copy
113has been completed and
114.Nm
115will loop on that directory or file until it is sure it has an exact copy.
116.Pp
117Warning: FSMID is not always supported by a filesystem and may not be
118synchronized if a crash occurs.  DragonFly will simulate an FSMID when
119it is otherwise not supported by the filesystem, and users should be aware
120that simulated FSMIDs may change state in such cases even if the underlying
121hierarchy does not due to cache flushes.
122Additionally, the FSMID may not reflect changes made to remote filesystems
123by other hosts.  For example, using these options with NFS mounted sources
124will not work well.
125.It Fl K Ar file
126Works the same as
127.Fl k
128but allows you to specify the name of the FSMID checkfile.
129.It Fl x
130Causes
131.Nm
132to use the exclusion file ".cpignore" in each directory on the source to
133determine which files to ignore.  When this option is used, the exclusion
134filename itself is automatically excluded from the copy.  If this option is
135not used then the filename ".cpignore" is not considered special and will
136be copied along with everything else.
137.It Fl X Ar file
138Works the same as
139.Fl x
140but allows you to specify the name of the exclusion file.  This file is
141automatically excluded from the copy.  Only one exclusion file may be
142specified.
143.El
144.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
145The
146.Nm
147utility exits 0 if no modifications were made, and >0 if modifications
148were made to the destination.
149.Sh SEE ALSO
150.Xr cp 1 ,
151.Xr cpio 1 ,
152.Xr tar 1
153.Sh HISTORY
154The
155.Nm
156command was original created to update servers at BEST Internet circa 1997
157and was placed under the FreeBSD copyright for inclusion in the ports area
158in 1999.  The program was written by Matthew Dillon and Dima Ruban.
159