Information about the package, lsyncd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lsyncd package is designed for, File change monitoring and synchronization daemon.
Package Name:
lsyncd
Summary:
File change monitoring and synchronization daemon
Description:
Lsyncd watches a local directory trees event monitor interface (inotify). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and then spawns one (or more) process(es) to synchronize the changes. By default this is rsync. Lsyncd is thus a light-weight live mirror solution that is comparatively easy to install not requiring new file systems or block devices and does not hamper local file system performance.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.1.5
Release:
0.el6
Size:
73 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the lsyncd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lsyncd
This command will install lsyncd on the server.
yum remove lsyncd
This command will un-install lsyncd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lsyncd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lsyncd
This command will un-install lsyncd on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lsyncd when using the -y flag.
yum update lsyncd
This command will update lsyncd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lsyncd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lsyncd
This command will update lsyncd to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lsyncd when using the -y flag.
yum info lsyncd
This command will show you core information about the lsyncd package.
yum deplist lsyncd
This command will show you the dependencies for lsyncd. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update lsyncd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lsyncd. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.