sinker

synchronize remote directories

example

server:

var sinker = require('sinker');
var net = require('net');
var dir = process.argv[2];
 
var server = net.createServer(function (stream) {
    var sink = sinker(dir);
    sink.pipe(stream).pipe(sink);
});
server.listen(5000);

client:

var sinker = require('sinker');
var net = require('net');
 
var sink = sinker(process.argv[2]);
sink.pipe(net.connect(5000)).pipe(sink);

Now modify the files from the directory given by process.argv[2] on either system. The files are in sync! After the initial file exchange, each side watches the local set of files for changes and propagates any updates to the other end of the connection.

methods

var sinker = require('sinker')

var sink = sinker(dir, opts)

Create a duplex sink stream that synchronizes a directory dir with a remote directory.

• opts.write - when false, don't write to any local files. This is "push" mode.
• opts.watch - when false, don't watch the file system for changes after the initial synchronization exchange
• opts.fs - pass in a custom fs implementation. Otherwise the core node fs will be used.
• opts.tmpdir - use a custom tmpdir for storing files. Otherwise os.tmpdir() is used.

events

sink.on('sync', function () {})

When the initial synchronization is complete and the files on the local and remote are in sync, this event fires.

sink.on('stream', function (stream) {})

Each time the remote sends a file, this event fires with the stream of the contents.

The stream.meta is the sequence number of the initiating request.

sink.on('ops', function (ops) {})

During initial synchronization, an ops list will be generated with operations to perform.

todo

• intelligent transfers for files with hash mismatches using the rsync algorithm
• watch mode
• faster multiplexer better for binary
• pluggable multiplexer for pipelined transports like http

install

With npm do:

npm install sinker

license

MIT