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NAME
autodir - manage home directories
SYNOPSIS
autodir [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
autodir is a command to organize home directories, usually for user accounts from a centralized database
like LDAP, SQL, NIS, etc... It also has transparent backup features.
OPTIONS
-d DIR Specifies the virtual base directory; the mount point for the autofs filesystem. If DIR does not
exist, it will be created. An absolute path is expected for this option.
-t SECONDS
Expiration timeout for virtual directories. If a directory is inactive for SECONDS, it will be
unmounted.
-m MODULE
Module to be used with autodir. The full path to MODULE is expected.
-n Do not kill the backup process and wait for it to finish.
-N Do not kill the backup process, but do NOT wait for it to finish.
-o SUBOPTS
All options SUBOPTS are passed to the module. This option passing syntax is similar to that of the
mount command with its -o option. See specific module's documentation for more info.
-f q Run in the foreground and log all messages to the console. For debugging purpose and to see how
autodir works.
-l FILE
Full path to a file in which autodir will write its process id.
-h Display help about autodir options.
-v Display version information.
-V Use verbose logging.
-b PROG
This option is to specify the program to use for backups, as well as options for it. The path to
PROG should be absolute.
-w SECONDS
Whenever a virtual directory is not used for a period of time, it is assumed inactive and is
unmounted. Then, a backup is immediately started. With this option, you can specify to wait
SECONDS before the backup starts. If this option is absent, the backup will start immediately.
-p NUMBER
Backup process priority. This value is from 1-40, with 1 being highest priority and 40 being
lowest. The default value is 30.
-c NUMBER
This restricts the number of backup processes to NUMBER at any given time. The default value is
150. # manpage written on Nov. 24, 2010 by Timmy
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