Hey, the two files listed below (multisync-0.90.0.tar.gz and opensync-0.1.tar.gz) can no longer be found. Has it moved, or is it no longer available.
Thanks :) Armin Bauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > i am now releasing the initial version of OpenSync and Multisync-0.90. > The code has the be considered alpha status. A lot of stuff if missing, > but there is enough in it to show the ideas behind these libraries. > > The release consists of 2 tarballs (no public repo at the moment, im > working on setting on up). > > The OpenSync contains the code for managing plugins, syncgroups, > configuration files etc. and the plugins themselves. The only plugin > available at the moment (the works and builds correctly) is the > file-sync plugin which synchronizes a directory. > > The multisync tarball contains the code for the syncengine and a > commandline client to use the syncengine and opensync. > > Here is a short howto: > > Download and untar the > http://www.multisync.org/files/multisync-0.90.0.tar.gz and the > http://www.multisync.org/files/opensync-0.1.tar.gz files. > > Go into the OpenSync directory and: > ./autogen.sh > make > make install > > the depencies are: libdb with major version 4, glib and libxml > > then go into the plugins/file-sync directory and do: > ./autogen.sh > make > make install > > After that go to the multisync-0.90 directory and build and install it. > > After it has finished building, you can use the programm called > msynctool. > > msynctool --listplugins > should list only the file-sync plugin. > > Now lets try to synchronize two directories: > > msynctool --addgroup "groupname" > will add a new syncgroup with the given name > > then you can add two members of type filesync to this group: > msynctool --addmember "groupname" file-sync > msynctool --addmember "groupname" file-sync > (2 times since we need at least 2 members) > > Now configure each member: > msynctool --configure "groupname" 1 > msynctool --configure "groupname" 2 > the numbers are the numbers return by --showgroup. the --configure > command will open an editor with an empty file for both plugins. Specify > a directory you want to sync (for example specify /home/jack/r1 for the > first plugin and /home/jack/r2 for the second.) The directories you > specify must exist of course. > > Now type: > msynctool --sync "groupname" > > This should print a couple of lines telling about member connecting and > disconnecting. > > Now create some data inside one the directories: > touch /home/jack/r1/file1 > > now you can synchronize the data across those 2 directories. > > Other things you can try: > > the syncengine is capable of handling more than 2 members. try adding > more directories to the group. > use the msyncmapdump tool to see if opensync stores the mappings between > elements correctly. > > > I will try to prepare some slides the next days where i will describe > some of the techniques used by opensync and multisync. Of course you can > always have a look at the source code to see what it does. License is > LGPL for all code. > > Armin > > -- > Armin Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- > Armin Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Multisync-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/multisync-devel -- Paul N. Faure, B.Eng 613.262.2354 Computer Systems Engineering paul-at-faure-dot-ca Chief Technical Officer, CertainKey Inc. paul-at-certainkey-dot-com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Multisync-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/multisync-devel
