.TH sy 1
.SH NAME
sy \- secure file sync software for arbitrary storage backends
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
sy [\fB\-l\fR|\fB\-\-localdir=\fR\fB<path>\fR] [\fB\-\-log=\fR\fB<path>\fR] [\fB\-v\fR]
   [\fB\-vv\fR] [\fB\-\-loglevel=\fR\fB<level>\fR] [\fB\-\-print\fR]
   [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] \fB<command>\fR [\fB<args>\fR]
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
Syncany is an open\-source cloud storage and filesharing application. It
allows users to backup and share certain folders of their workstations
using any kind of storage.
.PP
Main sync commands:
  init       Initialize the current folder as a Syncany folder
  connect    Connect the current folder to an existing Syncany repository
  up         Detect local changes and upload to repository
  down       Detect remote changes and apply locally
.PP
Other commands:
  status     Detect and print local changes
  ls\-remote  Detect and print remote changes
  ls         List and filter the current and past file tree.
  cleanup    Remove old versions from the local database and the repo
  restore    Restore the given file paths from the remote repository
  genlink    Create a syncany:// link from an existing local folder
  plugin     List, install and remove storage backend plugins
  update     Manage and check for application updates
  daemon     Start and stop the background process (daemon)
  watch      Automatically sync the local folder (in the foreground)
.PP
Short command descriptions and options can be found below. Detailed
explanations can be queried with \fB`sy \fB<command>\fR \fB\-\-help\fR`\fR.
.PP
An extensive user guide with many examples is also available on the
Syncany website: https://syncany.org/r/userguide
.PP
.SH GLOBAL OPTIONS
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-localdir=\fR\fB<path>\fR
.RS
Use \fB<path>\fR instead of the current directory as local sync folder.
Syncany searches for a \'.syncany\' folder in the given and all parent
directories.
.PP
.RE
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
.RS
Sets the log level to ALL, and print the log to the console.
Alias to: \fB\-\-loglevel=\fRALL \fB\-\-print\fR
.PP
.RE
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS
Print this help screen and exit.
.PP
.RE
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-vv\fR
.RS
Print application version exit.
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-log=\fR\fB<path>\fR
.RS
Log output to the file given by \fB<path>\fR. If \- is given, the
output will be logged to STDOUT (default).
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-loglevel=\fR\fB<level>\fR
.RS
Change log level to \fB<level>\fR. Level can be either of the
following: OFF, SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, FINE, FINER, FINEST, ALL
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-print\fR
.RS
Print the log to the console (in addition to the log file).
.PP
.RE
.SH AUTHORS
Written by Philipp C. Heckel and many others
.PP
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Please report bugs to the GitHub issues page at
.RS
https://www.github.com/syncany/syncany/issues
.PP
.RE
.SH COPYRIGHT
Syncany 0.4.9\-alpha, Distributed under GPLv3,
Copyright (c) 2011\-2015 Philipp C. Heckel