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342 lines
7 KiB
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.TH REPLICA 1
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.SH NAME
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changes, pull, push, scan \- client-server replica management
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B replica/pull
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[
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.B -nv
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]
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[
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.B -c
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.I name
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]...
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[
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.B -s
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.I name
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]...
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.I name
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[
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.I path
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...
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]
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.br
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.B replica/push
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[
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.B -nv
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]
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.I name
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[
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.I path
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...
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]
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.br
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.B replica/changes
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.I name
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[
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.I path
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...
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]
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.br
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.B replica/scan
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.I name
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[
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.I path
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...
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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These shell scripts provide a simple log-based client-server replica management.
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The server keeps a log of changes made to its file system,
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and clients synchronize by reading the log and applying these changes locally.
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.PP
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These scripts are a polished interface to the low-level tools described in
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.IR replica (8).
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See
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.IR replica (8)
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for details on the inner workings of replica management.
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These tools were written primarily as the fourth
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edition Plan 9 distribution mechanism, but they
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have wider applicability.
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For example, they could be used to synchronize one's
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home directory between a laptop and a central file server.
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.PP
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Replicas are described by configuration files.
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The
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.I name
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in all the replica commands is a configuration
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file. Paths that do not begin with
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.BR / ,
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.BR ./ ,
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or
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.B ../
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are assumed to be relative to
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.BR $home/lib/replica .
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Configuration files are described below.
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.PP
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.I Replica/scan
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is the only one of these programs that does not
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need to be run on the client.
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It scans the server file system for changes
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and appends entries for those changes into the server log.
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Typically it is run on a machine with a fast network
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connection to the server file system.
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.PP
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.I Replica/pull
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copies changes from the server to the client,
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while
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.I replica/push
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copies changes from the client to the server.
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(Both run on the client.)
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If a list of
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.I paths
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is given, only changes to those paths or their children are copied.
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The
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.B -v
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flag causes
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.I pull
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or
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.I push
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to print a summary of what it is doing.
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Each status line is of the form
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.ift .sp 0.5
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.ifn .sp
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\h'0.25i'
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.I verb
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.I path
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.I serverpath
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.I mode
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.I uid
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.I gid
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.I mtime
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.I length
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.ift .sp 0.5
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.ifn .sp
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.I Verb
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describes the event:
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addition of a file
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.RB ( a ),
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deletion of a file
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.RB ( d ),
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a change to a file's contents
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.RB ( c ),
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or a change to a file's metadata
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.RB ( m ).
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.I Path
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is the file path on the client;
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.I serverpath
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is the file path on the server.
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.IR Mode ,
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.IR uid ,
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.IR gid ,
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and
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.I mtime
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are the file's metadata as in the
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.B Dir
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structure (see
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.IR stat (5)).
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For deletion events, the metadata is that of the deleted file.
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For other events, the metadata is that after the event.
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The
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.B -n
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flag causes
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.I pull
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or
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.I push
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to print the summary but not actually carry out the actions.
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.PP
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.I Push
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and
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.I pull
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are careful to notice simultaneous changes to a file or
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its metadata on both client and server.
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Such simultaneous changes are called
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.IR conflicts .
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Here, simultaneous does not mean at the same instant
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but merely that both changes were carried out without knowledge
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of the other.
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For example, if a client and server both make changes to a file
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without an intervening
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.I push
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or
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.IR pull ,
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the next
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.I push
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or
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.I pull
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will report an update/update conflict.
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If a conflict is detected, both files are left the same.
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The
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.B -c
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flag to
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.I pull
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specifies that conflicts for paths beginning with
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.I name
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should be resolved using the client's copy,
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while
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.B -s
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specifies the server's copy.
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The
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.B -c
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and
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.B -s
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options may be repeated.
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.PP
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.I Replica/changes
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prints a list of local changes made on the client
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that have not yet been pushed to the server.
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It is like
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.I push
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with the
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.B -n
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flag, except that it does not check for conflicts
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and thus does not require the server to be available.
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.PP
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The replica configuration file is an
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.IR rc (1)
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script that must define the following functions and variables:
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.TP
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.B servermount
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A function that mounts the server; run on both client and server.
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.TP
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.B serverupdate
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A function that rescans the server for changes.
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Typically this command dials a CPU server known
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to be close to the file server and runs
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.I replica/scan
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on that well-connected machine.
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.TP
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.B serverroot
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The path to the root of the replicated file
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system on the server, as it will be in the name space
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after running
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.BR servermount .
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.TP
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.B serverlog
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The path to the server's change log, after running
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.BR servermount .
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.TP
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.B serverproto
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The path to the proto file describing the server's files,
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after running
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.BR servermount .
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Only used by
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.IR scan .
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.TP
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.B serverdb
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The path to the server's file database, after running
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.BR servermount .
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Only used by
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.IR scan .
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.TP
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.B clientmount
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A function to mount the client file system; run only on the client.
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.TP
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.B clientroot
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The path to the root of the replicated file system on the client,
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after running
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.BR clientmount .
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.TP
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.B clientlog
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The path to the client's copy of the server log file.
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The client log is maintained by
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.IR pull .
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.TP
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.B clientproto
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The path to the proto file describing the client's files.
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Only used by
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.IR changes .
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Often just a copy of
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.BR $serverproto .
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.TP
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.B clientdb
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The path to the client's file database, after running
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.BR clientmount .
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.TP
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.B clientexclude
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A (potentially empty) list of paths to exclude from
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synchronization. A typical use of this is to exclude
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the client database and log files.
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These paths are relative to the root of the replicated file system.
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.PD
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.PP
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As an example, the Plan 9 distribution replica configuration looks like:
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.EX
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fn servermount { 9fs sources; bind /n/sources/plan9 /n/dist }
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fn serverupdate { status='' }
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serverroot=/n/dist
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s=/n/dist/dist/replica
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serverlog=$s/plan9.log
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serverproto=$s/plan9.proto
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fn clientmount { 9fs boot }
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clientroot=/n/boot
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c=/n/boot/dist/replica
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clientlog=$c/client/plan9.log
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clientproto=$c/plan9.proto
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clientdb=$c/client/plan9.db
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clientexclude=(dist/replica/client)
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.EE
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.PP
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(Since the Plan 9 developers run
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.I scan
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manually to update the log, the clients need not do anything
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to rescan the file system.
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Thus
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.B serverupdate
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simply returns successfully.)
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.PP
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The fourth edition Plan 9 distribution uses these
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tools to synchronize installations with the central
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server at Bell Labs.
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The replica configuration files and metadata are kept
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in
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.BR /dist/replica .
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To update your system, make sure you are connected
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to the internet and run
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.EX
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replica/pull /dist/replica/network
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.EE
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If conflicts are reported (say you have made local changes to
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.B /rc/bin/cpurc
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and
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.BR /rc/bin/termrc ,
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but only want to keep the
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.B cpurc
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changes),
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use
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.EX
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replica/pull -c rc/bin/cpurc -s rc/bin/termrc /dist/replica/network
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.EE
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to instruct
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.I pull
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to ignore the server's change to
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.BR cpurc .
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.PP
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The script
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.B /usr/glenda/bin/rc/pull
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runs
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.I pull
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with the
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.B -v
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flag and with
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.B /dist/replica/network
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inserted at the right point on the command line.
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Logged in as glenda, one can repeat the above example with:
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.EX
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pull -c rc/bin/cpurc -s rc/bin/termrc
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.EE
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.PP
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To see a list of changes made to the local file system
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since installation, run
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.EX
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replica/changes /dist/replica/network
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.EE
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(Although the script is called
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.IR network ,
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since
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.I changes
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is a local-only operation, the network need not be configured.)
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /rc/bin/replica
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IR replica (8)
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