SYNC_CLIENT(8)SYNC_CLIENT(8)NAMEsync_client - client side of the synchronization (replication) engine
SYNOPSISsync_client [ -v ] [ -l ] [ -C config-file ] [ -S servername ]
[ -f input-file ] [ -F shutdown_file ] [ -w wait_interval ]
[ -t timeout ] [ -d delay ] [ -r ] [ -u ] [ -m ]
[ -s ] objects...
DESCRIPTION
Sync_client is the client side of the replication system. It runs on
the client (master) system and connects to the target (replica) system
and generates an appropriate sequence of transactions to synchronize
the replica system with the master system.
OPTIONS-v Verbose mode.
-l Verbose logging mode.
-C config-file
Read configuration options from config-file.
-S servername
Tells sync_client which server to communicate with. Overrides
the sync_host configuration option.
-f input-file
In mailbox or user replication mode: provides list of users or
mailboxes to replicate. In rolling replication mode, specifies
an alternate log file (sync_client will exit after processing
the log file).
-F shutdown-file
Rolling replication checks for this file at the end of each
replication cycle and shuts down if it is present. Used to
request nice clean shutdown at first convenient point. The file
in question is removed on shutdown. Overrides sync_shut‐
down_file option in imapd.conf
-w interval
Wait this long before starting. Typically used so that we can
attach a debugger to one end of the replication system or the
other.
-t timeout
Timeout for single replication run in rolling replication.
sync_client will negotiate a restart after this many seconds.
Default: 600 seconds
-d delay
Minimum delay between replication runs in rolling replication
mode. Larger values provide better efficiency as transactions
can be merged. Smaller values mean that the replica system is
more up to date and that you don't end up with large blocks of
replication transactions as a single group. Default: 3 seconds.
-r Rolling (repeat) replication mode. Pick up a list of actions
recorded by the lmtpd(8), imapd(8), popd(8) and nntpd(8) daemons
from the file specified in sync_log_file. Repeat until
sync_shutdwon_file appears.
-u User mode. Remaining arguments are list of users who should be
replicated.
-m Mailbox mode. Remaining arguments are list of mailboxes which
should be replicated.
-s Sieve mode. Remaining arguments are list of users whose Sieve
files should be replicated. Principally used for debugging pur‐
poses: not exposed to sync_client(8).
FILES
/etc/imapd.conf
SEE ALSOsync_server(8)AUTHORS
David Carter (dpc22@cam.ac.uk), Ken Murchison (ken@oceana.com)
CMU Project Cyrus SYNC_CLIENT(8)
