1Rex::Commands::Rsync(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentatioRnex::Commands::Rsync(3)
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NAME

6       Rex::Commands::Rsync - Simple Rsync Frontend
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DESCRIPTION

9       With this module you can sync 2 directories via the rsync command.
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11       Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.
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13       All these functions are not idempotent.
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DEPENDENCIES

16       Expect
17           The Expect Perl module is required to be installed on the machine
18           executing the rsync task.
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20       rsync
21           The rsync command has to be installed on both machines involved in
22           the execution of the rsync task.
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SYNOPSIS

25        use Rex::Commands::Rsync;
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27        sync "dir1", "dir2";
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EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

30   sync($source, $dest, $opts)
31       This function executes the rsync command on the local machine (where
32       rex is being run) to sync $source and $dest with a remote. The "rsync"
33       command is invoked with the "--recursive --links --verbose --stats"
34       options set.
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36       If you want to use sudo, you need to disable requiretty option for this
37       user. You can do this with the following snippet in your sudoers
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40        Defaults:username !requiretty
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42       UPLOAD - Will upload all from the local directory html to the remote
43       directory /var/www/html.
44            task "sync", "server01", sub {
45              sync "html/*", "/var/www/html", {
46               exclude => "*.sw*",
47               parameters => '--backup --delete',
48              };
49            };
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51            task "sync", "server01", sub {
52              sync "html/*", "/var/www/html", {
53               exclude => ["*.sw*", "*.tmp"],
54               parameters => '--backup --delete',
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56            };
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58       DOWNLOAD - Will download all from the remote directory /var/www/html to
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60            task "sync", "server01", sub {
61              sync "/var/www/html/*", "html/", {
62               download => 1,
63               parameters => '--backup',
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69perl v5.38.0                      2023-08-07           Rex::Commands::Rsync(3)