asyncadmin Command-Line Options

Administrators can use the asyncadmin command to view the status of the current synchronization, as well as the latest snapshot. This includes the number of files in each state and any changes that may be incomplete on the remote endpoint. asyncadmin also includes troubleshooting options for deleting file records from a snapshot by path globbing match or filename. asyncadmin definitions, allowable values, and defaults are described below.

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 asycadmin command should apply.

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

Session Options

Option (short and long form)	Description
-h --help	Show asyncadmin command-line option help.
-A	Display the asyncadmin version.
-d `path` --local-dir=`path`	Choose the location of the local sync directory.
-b `path` --local-db-dir=`path`	Choose the location of the local database directory. The default location is the local sync directory.
-N `name` --name=`name`	Choose a source-destination pair from the snapshot database by name.
-l --list	List snapshot databases found in the database directory.
-m --meta	Report meta details.
-s --summary	Report the number of files in each state. When -s is used alone, a quick summary from the async database's counters table is reported back (same as the cached counters as in the -t option).
-s -v	When -s is used with -v, every record in the async database is counted. Important: This should only be used when async is not running.
-f --file-info	Report the status of all files.
-j --journal	List changes that may be incomplete remotely.
-x --init	Delete all file system snapshot records.
-C --clean	Delete problem records (records with statuses of `CONF`, `PCONF`, and `ERR`).
-M `pattern` --match=`pattern`	Delete file records by path globbing.
-E `number` --erase=`number`	Delete file record by number.
-q --quiet	Emit only the information requested and do not abbreviate file names in -f / --file-info listing
-F --force	Allow changes while database is already in use.
-p --pause	Pause when printing a large amount of data (for example, -f).
-t `num` --tail=`num`	Report status of last `num` files.
-v --verbose	Increase the verbosity of summary (-s) or file info (-f).
-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.
-O --compact	Compact the database file.
--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 has been run using the --exclude-dirs-older-than option.