NAME¶
rdiffdir - compute and apply signatures and diffs to directories
SYNOPSIS¶
rdiffdir [options] sig[nature] basis_dir
signature_file
rdiffdir [options] delta signature_file
new_dir delta_file
rdiffdir [options] patch basis_dir
delta_file
rdiffdir [options] tar basis_dir
tar_file
If
signature_file or
delta_file are "-", the data will
be read from stdin or written to stdout as appropriate.
DESCRIPTION¶
rdiffdir is supposed to be like rdiff, but can operate on directories.
See
rdiff(1) for more information. The syntax is similar.
OPTIONS¶
- --write-sig-to sigfile
- This option is only used in delta and tar
modes. When specified, rdiffdir will write a signature of the directory it
is processing to sigfile. The end result will be a delta and a new
signature calculated over the same data.
- -z, --gzip-compress
- Enable gzip compression and decompression of signature and
delta files.
SELECTION OPTIONS¶
In
signature and
delta modes, rdiffdir accepts
duplicity-like selection options including --exclude,
--exclude-filelist-stdin, etc. See the
duplicity(1) manual page for
more information.
BUGS¶
Hard links are currently unsupported (they will be treated as non-linked regular
files).
Bad signatures will be treated as empty instead of logging appropriate error
message.
AUTHOR¶
Ben Escoto <bescoto@stanford.edu>
SEE ALSO¶
duplicity(1),
python(1),
rdiff(1),
rdiff-backup(1).