Parallel Directory Sync Tool

A high-performance, multi-threaded tool for synchronizing local directories.

Features

• Parallel directory traversal and file copying
• Preserves file metadata (permissions, timestamps, etc.)
• Efficient job queue and thread management
• Supports symlinks, fifos, hardlinks
• Progress reporting
• Parellel file removal
• Statistics
• Can tag already synced directories with extended attributes

Usage

pdsync [options] <source_dir> <target_dir>

See --help for all options.

Build

make

TODO

• Improved scheduling
• Faster directory scanning
• Simplify unnecessarily complicated code
• Test and fix sparse file support
• Implement cp command
• Implement rm command
• Implement find command
• Implement benchmark command

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3. See LICENSE for details.

Author

Jani Jaakkola (jani.jaakkola@helsinki.fi)