Java File Sync Brian Tannous November 2010

------------------------------About------------------------------ Java File Sync is a simple directory tree synchronization program written in java. Jfs is currently a command line only program and is can be ran anywhere. It requires a sever to host the sync directories. You can easily sync any directory with any machine on any network. Jfs uses sockets to communicate back and forth and is fairly efficient.

---------------------------How to Use---------------------------- Usage is extremely simple, below are examples of both client and server arguments. A pre-compiled .jar file is found in the executables directory.

---Server The server is a vital part of Jfs as it is what hosts the syncing directories. You will need to run Jfs server as:

java -jar jfs.jar -s

The Jfs server will run until you choose to close it by CTL + C

---Client The client is the machine you currently would like to sync any given directory with the server.
You will need to run Jfs client as:

java -jar jfs.jar -c Server.IP DirectoryToSync ex: java -jar jfs.jar -c 192.168.1.100 ~/working/

The Jfs client will connect to the given server and close when syncing is finished.

To list the directories that the server hosts use: java -jar jfs.jar -c Server.IP -ls ex: java -jar jfs.jar -c 192.168.1.100 -ls

You then can create a hosted directory and sync it with the server by executing the command above.