asyncadmin command line options

Administrators can use the asyncadmin tool to view the status of the current synchronization, and the latest snapshot. This includes the number of files in each state and any changes that might be incomplete on the remote endpoint. asyncadmin also offers troubleshooting options for deleting file records from a snapshot by path globbing match or file name. Learn more about asyncadmin definitions, allowable values, and defaults.

General asyncadmin usage:

> asyncadmin -d path [-N name][options]

The -N name option is required if multiple Sync sessions are running; you must specify the name of the session to which the asyncadmin command needs to apply.

Note: When records are deleted by using the -M or -E options, Sync recalculates file counters for the entire database. This can take a while, depending on the size of the database.

Session options

-A

Display the asyncadmin version.

-b path, --local-db-dir=path

Specify the local database directory. The default location is the local Sync directory.

-C, --clean

Delete problem records (records with statuses of CONF, PCONF, and ERR).

-d path, --local-dir=path

Specify the local Sync directory.

-E number, --erase=number

Delete the specified file record by number.

-F, --force

Allow changes while database is in use.

-f, --file-info

Report the status of all files.

CAUTION: The use of this option is not recommended on Windows™, as it can cause the database to lock and async to fail. An alternative is to use the -t option.

-f --mode --owner --xattr

–-mode includes mode permission bits in the --file-info output.

--owner includes UID of each file's owner in the --file-info output.

--xattr includes an indication of whether extended attributes or ACLs are stored for each file in the --file-info output.

-h, --help

Display the asyncadmin command line option help.

-j, --journal

List the changes that might be incomplete remotely.

-l, --list

List the snapshot databases found in the database directory.

-M pattern, --match=pattern

Delete file records that have paths that match the specified pattern (path globbing).

-m, --meta

Report metadata.

-N name, --name=name

Select a source-destination pair from the snapshot database by name.

-O, --compact

Compact the database file.

-p, --pause

Pause when displaying a large amount of file data (for example, -f).

-q, --quiet

Display only the requested information. Use with -f / --file-info to disable abbreviating file names in the output.

-s, --summary

Report the number of files in each state. When -s is used alone, a brief summary from the async database's counters table is reported back (same as the cached counters as in the -t option).

CAUTION: The use of this option is not recommended on Windows, as it can cause the database to lock and async to fail. An alternative is to use the -t.

-s -v

When -s is used with -v, every record in the async database is counted.

Important: This must be only used when async is not running.

--store-metadata-records

(V4.4.2) Use to enable the storage of attributes. Whether xattrs or acls are supported in the system, additional recorded information is displayed.

-T, --terminate

Shut down async if it is running. This option cannot be used if the storage style set for <async_db_spec> is LMS and outputs an error message.

-t num, --tail=num

Report status of last num files.

Note: Use of this option on Windows as an alternative to the -f and -s.

--touch=path

Change the recursive mtime of the node and all its parents to current time if they are older. This option is only applied if async was run by using the --exclude-dirs-older-than option.

-v, --verbose

Increase the verbosity of summary (-s) or file information (-f).

--verbose-acl,--verbose-xattr

(V4.4.2) Show acls/xattrs stored in the database. Whether xattrs or acls are supported in the system, additional recorded information is displayed.

-x, --init

Delete all file system snapshot records.