Bug#222463: RFP: syrep -- a generic file repository synchronization tool
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : syrep
Version : 0.2
Upstream Author : me, mzflerc (at) 0pointer (dot) de
* URL : http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/syrep/
* License : GPL
Description : a generic file repository synchronization tool
syrep is a generic file repository synchronization tool. It may be used
to synchronize large file hierarchies bidirectionally by exchanging
patch files. Syrep is truely peer-to-peer, no central servers are
involved. Synchronizations between more than two repositories are
supported. The patch files may be transferred via offline media, e.g.
removable hard disks or compact discs.
Files are tracked by their message digests, currently MD5. The following
file operations are tracked in the snapshot files: creation, deletion,
modification, creation of new hard or symbolic links, renaming. (The
latter is nothing more than a new hard link and removal of the old
file). syrep doesn't distuinguish between soft and hard links. In fact
even copies of files are treated as the same. Currently, syrep doesn't
synchronize file attributes like access modes or modification times.
Syrep was written to facilitate the synchronization of two large digital
music repositories without direct network connection. Patch files of
several gigabytes are common in this situation.
Syrep is able to cope with 64 bit file sizes. (LFS)
Syrep is optimized for speed. It may make use of a message digest cache
to accelerate the calculation of digests of a whole directory hierarchy.
Syrep is under active development, release 0.2 is proven to be stable
during three months of testing.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux whiskey 2.4.22 #1 Sa Sep 13 01:50:32 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
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