rsync-parser

Parses the output of rsync when called with the --itemize-changes option. This allows you to programmatically identify files that got created, updated and deleted. Output can be in the form of strings and streams.

Example

const { RsyncItemizeChangesParser } = require('rsync-parser');
 
let parser = new RsyncItemizeChangesParser(`
>f..tp..... LICENSE
>f.st...... package.json
*deleting   package-lock.json
cd+++++++++ src/
>f+++++++++ src/index.js
`);
 
// Reads a single token.
let token = await parser.read();
if (token) {
  console.log(`A token of type ${token.type}.`);
}
 
// Iterates over every token.
for await (const token of parser) {
  switch (token.type) {
  case 'create':
    console.log(`Created ${token.path}`);
    break;
 
  case 'update':
    console.log(`Updated ${token.path}`);
    break;
 
  case 'delete':
    console.log(`Deleted ${token.path}`);
    break;
  }
}

More examples can be found in the examples directory.

Install

npm install rsync-parser

Usage

Require the rsync-parser module to get access to the RsyncItemizeChangesParser class.

const { RsyncItemizeChangesParser } = require('rsync-parser');

You can instantiate RsyncItemizeChangesParser either with a string:

exec('rsync --itemize-changes --archive source destination', (err, stdout, stderr) => {
  if (err) {
    return console.error(err);
  }
 
  let parser = new RsyncItemizeChangesParser(stdout);
});

Or with a stream:

let rsync = spawn('rsync', ['--itemize-changes', '--archive', 'source', 'destination']);
 
let parser = new RsyncItemizeChangesParser(rsync.stdout);

You can then call read to get tokens. It will return null when no more tokens are available.

let token;
 
while (token = await parser.read()) { 
  console.log(token.type);
}

Contributing

The easiest way to contribute is by starring this project on GitHub!

https://github.com/daniel-araujo/node-rsync-parser

If you've found a bug, would like to suggest a feature or need help, feel free to create an issue on GitHub:

https://github.com/daniel-araujo/node-rsync-parser/issues

See also

Deno version of this library: https://deno.land/x/rsync_parser