--- a/docs/src/sync-configuration.md Sat Aug 05 13:35:27 2017 +0200 +++ b/docs/src/sync-configuration.md Sun Aug 06 14:41:20 2017 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +--- +title: 'Configuration' +--- + +The file `$HOME/.dav/sync.xml` is used for configuring sync-directories. + +The *sync.xml* file is an XML file with `<configuration>` as root element. This element can only have `<directory>` elements as children. + +## directory + +This element configures a sync-directory. A sync-directory must have a unique name, a (local) path, repository and a database. + +Required elements: `<name>`, `<repository>`, `<path>`, `<database>` \ +Optional elements: `<collection>`, `<trash>`, `<max-retry>`, `<backup-on-pull>`, `<lock-pull>`, `<lock-push>`, `<filter>` + +### name + +Unique sync-directory identifer. This identifer is used in combination with all *dav-sync* commands. + +Type: string \ +Example: `<name>mysyncdir</name>` + +### repository + +Name of the WebDAV-repository. A repository with the same name must be configured in [config.xml][1]. + +Type: string \ +Example: `<name>myrepo</name>` + +### path + +The path of the local directory that should be synchronized. The path must be an absolute path or start with an environment variable. A path with an environment variable must start with an `$` followed by the variable name optionally followed by a path. For example: + + `<path>$HOME/Documents</path>` + +The part between `$` and `/` is the environment variable name. + +Type: string \ +Example: `<path>/absolute/path</path>` + +### database + +Path to the database file used for this sync-directory. The path must be relative to the *$HOME/.dav/* directory. + +Type: string \ +Example: `<database>myrepo-db.xml</database>` + +### collection + +Path of the collection relative to the repository root collection. For example if the repository url is *http://example.com/webdav/* and the collection value is */myfiles/*, the directory is synchronized with *http://example.com/webdav/myfiles/* + +Type: string \ +Default: / \ +Example: `<collection>/myfiles</collection>` + +### trash + +Path to the trash directory for this sync-directory. Files that should be deleted will be moved to this directory. The value must be an absolute path or relative to the sync-directory path. + +Type: string \ +Example: `<trash>.trash</trash>` + +### max-retry + +This integer value controls how many attempts of downloading/uploading a file in case of an error are made. + +Type: integer \ +Default: 0 \ +Example: `<max-retry>3</max-retry>` + +### backup-on-pull + +If this element has the value of true, the *pull* command will move old local files to the trash directory before downloading the new version from the server. + +Type: boolean \ +Default: false \ +Example: `<backup-on-pull>true</backup-on-pull>` + +### lock-pull + +Enables locking for the *pull* command. + +Type: boolean \ +Default: false \ +Example: `<lock-pull>true</lock-pull>` + +### lock-push + +Enables locking for the *push* command. + +Type: boolean \ +Default: false \ +Example: `<lock-push>true</lock-push>` + +### filter + +With the filter element, include and exclude filters can be specified, to control which files are synchronized. The *pull* and *push* command apply these filters to file paths. At first it is checked if a file is matching any include filter. If so only files matching not an exclude filter are further processed. + +Note: The file path is relative to the directory path (and WebDAV collection) but always starts with an path separator. + +Optional elements: `<include>`, `<exclude>` + +### include + +Controls which files will be included by *pull* and *push*. If an include filter is specified, only files matching this filter are included. + +Type: regex string \ +Default: .* \ +Example: + + <filter> + <include>\.pdf$</include> + </filter> + +### exclude + +Controls which files will be excluded by *pull* and *push*. + +Type: regex string \ +Example: + + <filter> + <exclude>^/secretdir</exclude> + <exclude>\.DS_Store$</exclude> + </filter> + +