NAME

yfs-up - Recursively copy directories, preserving /afs metadata

SYNOPSIS

yfs-up -source <source directory> -dest <destination directory> [-verbose] [-one | -1] [-rename] [-force] [-set_time | -x] [-preserve_mount | -m] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

The yfs-up command recursively copies the files and subdirectories in a specified source directory to a specified destination directory. The command interpreter changes the destination directory and the files and subdirectories in it in the following ways:

The yfs-up command is idempotent, meaning that if its execution is interrupted by a network, server machine, or process outage, then a subsequent reissue of the same command continues from the interruption point, rather than starting over at the beginning. This saves time and reduces network traffic in comparison to the UNIX commands that provide similar functionality.

The yfs-up command returns a status code of 0 (zero) only if it succeeds. Otherwise, it returns a status code of 1 (one).

OPTIONS

-verbose

Prints a detailed trace to the standard output stream as the command runs.

-one | -1

Copies only the files in the top level source directory to the destination directory, rather than copying recursively through subdirectories. The source directory's ACL still overwrites the destination directory's. (This is the number one, not the letter l.)

-force

Overwrites existing directories, subdirectories, and files even if the first (user) w (write) mode bit is turned off on the version in the destination directory.

-preserve_mount | -m

Recognize and copy mount points rather than traversing the volumes they reference during the recursive copy operation. Without -m, yfs-up's default behavior is to copy the contents of all volumes and subvolumes mounted under the source directory into the volume containing the destination directory.

-rename

Creates a backup copy of all files overwritten in the destination directory and its subdirectories, by adding a .old extension to each filename.

-set_time | -x

Sets the modification timestamp on each file to the time of the copying operation.

-source source directory

Names the directory to copy recursively.

-dest destination directory

Names the directory to which to copy. It does not have to exist already.

-help

Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES

The following command copies the contents of the directory dir1 to directory dir2:

   % yfs-up dir1 dir2

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

The issuer must have the a (administer) permission on the ACL of both the source and destination directories.

COPYRIGHT

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