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NAME

       casync - casync Documentation

SYNOPSIS

       casync [OPTIONS...] make [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX | BLOB_INDEX] [PATH]
       casync [OPTIONS...] extract [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX | BLOB_INDEX] [PATH]
       casync [OPTIONS...] list [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX | DIRECTORY]
       casync [OPTIONS...] mtree [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX | DIRECTORY]
       casync [OPTIONS...] stat [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX | DIRECTORY] [PATH]
       casync [OPTIONS...] digest [ARCHIVE | BLOB | ARCHIVE_INDEX | BLOB_INDEX | DIRECTORY]
       casync [OPTIONS...] mount [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX] PATH
       casync [OPTIONS...] mkdev [BLOB | BLOB_INDEX] [NODE]
       casync [OPTIONS...] gc BLOB_INDEX | ARCHIVE_INDEX ...

DESCRIPTION

       Content-Addressable Data Synchronization Tool

COMMANDS

       casync make [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX] [DIRECTORY]
       casync make [BLOB_INDEX] FILE | DEVICE

       This  will  create either a .catar archive or an .caidx index for for the given DIRECTORY,
       or a .caibx index for the given FILE or block DEVICE. The type of output is  automatically
       chosen  based  on  the  file extension (this may be overridden with --what=). DIRECTORY is
       optional, and the current directory will be used if not specified.

       When a .caidx or .caibx file is created, a .castr storage directory will be  created  too,
       by  default  located  in  the  same  directory,  and named default.castr unless configured
       otherwise (see --store= option).

       The metadata included in the  archive  is  controlled  by  the  --with-*  and  --without-*
       options.

       casync extract [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX] [DIRECTORY]
       casync extract BLOB_INDEX FILE | DEVICE

       This  will  extract  the  contents  of a .catar archive or .caidx index into the specified
       DIRECTORY, or the contents specified by BLOB_INDEX to the specified FILE or block  DEVICE.
       DIRECTORY may be omitted, and the current directory will be used by default.

       The  metadata  replayed  from  the  archive  is controlled by the --with-* and --without-*
       options.

       casync list [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX | DIRECTORY]

       This will list all the files and directories in the specified  .catar  archive  or  .caidx
       index,  or the directory. The argument is optional, and the current directory will be used
       by default.

       The output includes the permission mask and file names:

          $ casync list /usr/share/doc/casync
          drwxr-xr-x
          -rw-r--r-- README.md
          -rw-r--r-- TODO

       casync mtree [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX | DIRECTORY]

       This is similar to list, but includes information about each entry in the key=value format
       defined by BSD mtree(5):

          $ casync mtree /usr/share/doc/casync
          . type=dir mode=0755 uid=0 gid=0 time=1500343585.721189650
          README.md type=file mode=0644 size=7286 uid=0 gid=0 time=1498175562.000000000 sha256digest=af75eacac1f00abf6adaa7510a2c7fe00a4636daf9ea910d69d96f0a4ae85df4
          TODO type=file mode=0644 size=2395 uid=0 gid=0 time=1498175562.000000000 sha256digest=316f11a03c08ec39f0328ab1f7446bd048507d3fbeafffe7c32fad4942244b7d

       casync stat [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX | DIRECTORY] [PATH]

       This  will  show  detailed  information about a file or directory PATH, as found in either
       ARCHIVE or ARCHIVE_INDEX or underneath DIRECTORY. Both arguments are optional.  The  first
       defaults to the current directory, and the second the top-level path (.).

       Example output:

          $ casync stat .
              File: .
              Mode: drwxrwxr-x
          FileAttr: ----------
           FATAttr: ---
            Offset: 0
              Time: 2017-07-17 22:53:30.723304050
              User: zbyszek (1000)
             Group: zbyszek (1000)

       casync digest [ARCHIVE | BLOB | ARCHIVE_INDEX | BLOB_INDEX | DIRECTORY]

       This  will  compute  and print the checksum of the argument.  The argument is optional and
       defaults to the current directory:

          $ casync digest
          d1698b0c4c27163284abea5d1e369b92e89dd07cb74378638849800e0406baf7

          $ casync digest .
          d1698b0c4c27163284abea5d1e369b92e89dd07cb74378638849800e0406baf7

       casync mount [ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE_INDEX] PATH

       This will mount the specified .catar archive or .caidx index at the specified PATH,  using
       the FUSE protocol.

       casync mkdev [BLOB | BLOB_INDEX] [NODE]

       This  will create a block device NODE with the contents specified by the .caibx BLOB_INDEX
       or just the file or block device BLOB, using the NBD protocol.

       Example:

          $ sudo casync -v mkdev README.md
          Attached: /dev/nbd0

          (in another terminal)
          $ sudo head -n1 /dev/nbd0
          # casync — Content Addressable Data Synchronizer

       When casync mkdev is killed, the device is destroyed.

       casync gc ARCHIVE_INDEX | BLOB_INDEX ...

       This will remove all chunks that are not used by one of the specified indices (one or more
       blob and archive indices can be given). If --store is not given, the default store for the
       first index will be used.

       This command can be used to prune unused chunks from a shared chunk store.

OPTIONS

       General options:

       --help, -h
              Show terse help output

       --version
              Show brief version information

       --log-level=<LEVEL>, -l
              Set log level (debug, info, err)

       --verbose, -v
              Show terse status information during runtime

       --dry-run, -n
              Only print what would be removed with gc

       --store=PATH
              The primary chunk store to use

       --extra-store=<PATH>
              Additional chunk store to look for chunks in

       --chunk-size=<[MIN:]AVG[:MAX]>
              The minimal/average/maximum number of bytes in a chunk

       --digest=<DIGEST>
              Pick digest algorithm (sha512-256 or sha256)

       --compression=<COMPRESSION>
              Pick compression algorithm (zstd, xz or gzip)

       --seed=<PATH>
              Additional file or directory to use as seed

       --cache=<PATH>
              Directory to use as encoder cache

       --cache-auto, -c
              Pick encoder cache directory automatically

       --rate-limit-bps=<LIMIT>
              Maximum bandwidth in bytes/s for remote communication

       --exclude-nodump=no
              Don't exclude files with chattr(1)'s +d nodump flag when creating archive

       --exclude-submounts=yes
              Exclude submounts when creating archive

       --exclude-file=no
              Don't respect .caexclude files in the file tree

       --reflink=no
              Don't create reflinks from seeds when extracting

       --hardlink=yes
              Create hardlinks from seeds when extracting

       --punch-holes=no
              Don't create sparse files when extracting

       --delete=no
              Don't delete existing files not listed in archive after extraction

       --undo-immutable=yes
              When removing existing files, undo chattr(1)'s +i 'immutable' flag when extracting

       --seed-output=no
              Don't implicitly add pre-existing output as seed when extracting

       --recursive=no
              List non-recursively

       --mkdir=no
              Don't automatically create mount directory if it is missing

       --uid-shift=<yes|SHIFT>
              Shift UIDs/GIDs

       --uid-range=<RANGE>
              Restrict UIDs/GIDs to range

       Input/output selector:

       --what=archive
              Operate on archive file

       --what=archive-index
              Operate on archive index file

       --what=blob
              Operate on blob file

       --what=blob-index
              Operate on blob index file

       --what=directory
              Operate on directory

       --what=help
              Print a list of allowed values (and terminate the program)

       Turn on archive feature sets:

       --with=best
              Store most accurate information

       --with=unix
              Store UNIX baseline information

       --with=fat
              Store FAT information

       --with=chattr
              Store chattr(1) file attributes

       --with=fat-attrs
              Store FAT file attributes

       --with=privileged
              Store file data that requires privileges to restore

       --with=fuse
              Store file data that can exposed again via 'casync mount'

       To turn archive features off,  --without=…  may  be  used,  such  as  --without=fat-attrs,
       --without=privileged,  etc.   To disable all optional features, --without=all may be used.
       (The positive form --with=all does not make sense, because some features are  conflicting.
       To enable the maximum set of information, use --with=best.)

       Individual archive features:

       --with=<16bit-uids>
              Store reduced 16bit UID/GID information

       --with=<32bit-uids>
              Store full 32bit UID/GID information

       --with=<user-names>
              Store user/group names

       --with=<sec-time>
              Store timestamps in 1s granularity

       --with=<usec-time>
              Store timestamps in 1µs granularity

       --with=<nsec-time>
              Store timestamps in 1ns granularity

       --with=<2sec-time>
              Store timestamps in 2s granularity

       --with=<read-only>
              Store per-file read only flag

       --with=<permissions>
              Store full per-file UNIX permissions

       --with=<symlinks>
              Store symbolic links

       --with=<device-nodes>
              Store block and character device nodes

       --with=<fifos>
              Store named pipe nodes

       --with=<sockets>
              Store AF_UNIX file system socket nodes

       --with=<flag-hidden>
              Store FAT "hidden" file flag

       --with=<flag-system>
              Store FAT "system" file flag

       --with=<flag-archive>
              Store FAT "archive" file flag

       --with=<flag-append>
              Store "append-only" file flag

       --with=<flag-noatime>
              Store "disable access time" file flag

       --with=<flag-compr>
              Store "enable compression" file flag

       --with=<flag-nocow>
              Store "disable copy-on-write" file flag

       --with=<flag-nodump>
              Store "disable dumping" file flag

       --with=<flag-dirsync>
              Store "synchronous" directory flag

       --with=<flag-immutable>
              Store "immutable" file flag

       --with=<flag-sync>
              Store "synchronous" file flag

       --with=<flag-nocomp>
              Store "disable compression" file flag

       --with=<flag-projinherit>
              Store "project quota inheritance" flag

       --with=<subvolume>
              Store btrfs subvolume information

       --with=<subvolume-ro>
              Store btrfs subvolume read-only property

       --with=<xattrs>
              Store extended file attributes

       --with=<acl>
              Store file access control lists

       --with=<selinux>
              Store SElinux file labels

       --with=<fcaps>
              Store file capabilities

       --with=<quota-projid>
              Store ext4/XFS quota project ID

       (and similar: --without=16bit-uids, --without=32bit-uids, ...)

ARCHIVE FEATURES

       The various --with= and --without= parameters control the precise set of metadata to store
       in the archive, or restore when extracting. These flags only apply if casync  operates  on
       the file system level.

EXCLUDING FILES AND DIRECTORIES FROM ARCHIVING

       When  generating  an  archive  or  index from a file system directory tree, some files and
       directories are excluded by default and others may optionally be excluded:

       1. Files and directories of virtual API file systems exposed by the kernel  (i.e.  procfs,
          sysfs, cgroupfs, devpts … — but not tmpfs/devtmpfs) are excluded unconditionally.

       2. Depending  on  whether  symlinks,  device  nodes,  fifos  and  sockets  are enabled for
          archiving with --with= and --without=, file nodes of these types are excluded.

       3. By default, files and directories with the +d chattr(1) flag set are excluded,  however
          this behaviour may be turned off with --exclude-nodump=no.

       4. Optionally,  files  and directories contained in submounts of the specified file system
          tree are excluded, if --exclude-submounts=yes is specified.

       5. By default, any files and directories listed in .caexclude files in the file  hierarchy
          are   excluded,   however  interpretation  of  these  files  may  be  turned  off  with
          --exclude-file=no. These files operate similar to git's .gitignore  concept:  they  are
          read  as  text  file  where each line is either empty/starts with # (in which case they
          have no effect, which may be used for commenting), or list a globbing path  pattern  of
          files/directories  to ignore. If a line contains no / character the line applies to the
          directory the .caexclude file is located in as well as all child directories of it.  If
          it contains at least one / character it is considered stricly relative to the directory
          the .caexclude file is located in. .caexclude files may appear in any directory of  the
          file  system  tree  that  is  archived,  however  they  have  no  effect when placed in
          directories that are marked for exclusion via .caexclude files placed further up in the
          directory  tree.  When a line ends in a / character it applies to directories only, and
          not regular files or other file node types. If a line is prefixed with  a  !  character
          matching files are excluded from the exclusion, i.e. the effect of other matching lines
          that  are  not  prefixed  like  this  is  cancelled  for  matching   files.   !   lines
          unconditionally  take  precedence  over  lines  not  marked  like this. Moreover, lines
          prefixed with ! also cancel the effect  of  patterns  in  .caexclude  files  placed  in
          directories further up the tree.