Re: Fetch Mode Question

Hi Jonathan,

On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 10:11:58PM +0000, Jonathan wrote:
> I'm sure this is an easy one, but the man page leaves me a bit unsure.
> 
> If I run sitecopy in fetch mode, then run it in synchronize mode, I take 
> it that it will only download those files that are newer or different to 
> the local site (by either date or checksum) - is that right?

Not by date, only by size, or if you use "state checksum", purely by
checksum.  sitecopy won't compare the dates because the modification
times of the *remote* files are not kept in synch with the local files.

> I ask because I have a slightly out of data local copy of my site with 
> both newer and older files on it. I assume the synchronize operation 
> will, er, synchronize it?

In theory, yes, fetch/synch are not the best tested features though. 
After running the "sitecopy --fetch yoursite" just running the command
"sitecopy yoursite" will show you what files sitecopy thinks are out of
date.  Take a backup of your ~/.sitecopy/yoursite statefile to undo the
results of the --fetch operation.

Regards,

joe

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