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How to import existing directories into shared folder, i.e. to avoid full

synchronization and transfer over network?

The BEP-protocol tracks the following information on a synchinized file:

  1. Content, i.e. data blocks,

  2. File metainformation, i.e. permissions and modification times

  3. Syncrhonization information, i.e. file modification history from cluster point of view.

Hence, simple file copying into the destination directory (1) is not enough. Copying files full metainformation (i.e. (1) and (2)), can be done via the following steps (on linux and mac-os):

  • Create an archive with preserved permissions via (p is essential here):
tar -cjpf folder.tar.bz2 folder
  • Unpack in the target location via
tar -xpf folder.tar.bz2

However, the synchronization information cannot be obtained outside of syncspririt, to get it the following steps should be done:

  1. Share folder with a peer, set the scheduled checkmark on the folder.

  2. Wait until metainformation is fetched from a peer

  3. Unpack the folder into the destination directory (tar -xpf ...)

  4. Do "scan" on the folder.

You are not forced to import the whole folder. That way partial per-directory import is also supported. The only requirement is tha the unpacked directories should be located in the proper places.