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119 lines
3.8 KiB
#### Table of Contents
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1. [Features](#features)
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2. [Object Model](#object-model)
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3. [Demo](#demo)
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4. [Issues](#issues)
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5. [Details](#details)
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6. [TODO](#todo)
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<br>
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### Features<a name="features"></a>
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* Core
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* Multiple folders can be synchronized
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* Delete operations are recorded, and synchronized.
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* For files with identical hashes, drop the modified date of the newer file.
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* Additional
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* Folders can be added to ignore List
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* Technical
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* FS/OS agnostic (Java `FileChannel`)
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<br>
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### Object Model<a name="object-model"></a>
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```
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DataRoot a data root
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\_ SyncBundle : a bundle of directories on the FS to be syncronized.
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\_ SyncDirectory : a directory on the FS.
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\_ SyncFile : a file on the FS.
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```
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<br>
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### Demo<a name="demo"></a>
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[](https://youtu.be/znR3jyM_4Ss "ensync WIP Demo")
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<br>
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### Issues<a name="issues"></a>
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##### Detection of Concurrent Changes
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Ensync has a core loop.
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The duration of this cycle is determined by # of files and pause. <br>
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To correctly detect a create/delete operation on different instances of a file on requires at most 5 cyles.
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```
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* BAD
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* cycle 1 : A creates
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* cycle 2 : A deletes / B sync creates
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* cycle 3 : A sync creates
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* GOOD
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* cycle 1 : A creates
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* cycle 2 : / B sync creates
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* cycle 3 : A ignores sync create
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* cycle 4 : A deletes
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* cycle 5 : / B sync deletes
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```
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This means as # of files grows, we must wait longer and longer between modifying the same file.
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This was somewhat addressed by switching to FileChannel, and locking all the files. <br>
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However more tests must follow.
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For the best practice is not to modify different instances of the same file
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before having executed a core loop.
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##### Lazy first Run (Design Choice)
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If *ensync* initially runs on a non-empty directory it will consider the
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existing files as "on record", thus not "created". <br>
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Hence ensyc will not push the changes to the other directories. <br>
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This avoids an accidental push of massive file set,
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but means that you have to copy the files manually the first time.
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<br>
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### Details <a name="details"></a>
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#### Record
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* Used for tracking of file deletions.
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* Located in each `SyncDirectory\record.ensync`
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* Contains `<last edited><separator><relative file path>` for each file in the SyncDirectory.
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#### Core Loop
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Sync files across directories.
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<br>
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<br>
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#### Package Contents
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| Path | Comment |
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|---------------|-------------|
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doc | Diagrams.
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src.com.olexyn.ensync.artifacts | Data Model: Maps, Directories, Files.
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src.com.olexyn.ensync.Main | Run from here.
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src.com.olexyn.ensync.Flow | Flow of the synchronization.
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src.com.olexyn.ensync. | Low level helper methods.
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<br>
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### TODO <a name="todo"></a>
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- Add tests.
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- Reduce disk access.
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- Add error handling. (i.e. if a web-directory is not available)
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- Track files that were modified during the loop.
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- currently `writeRecord` just takes from `find`
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- this means any changes made during the loop will be written to the `Record`
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- and created files are tracked by comparing `Record` (=old state) and `State` (=new state).
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- because of this it will appear as if the file created while the loop was running
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was already there.
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- thus the creation of said file will not be replicated to the other directories.
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- to solve this `writeRecord` should take the old `State`
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and manually add every operation that was performed by the loop (!= user created file while the loop was running).
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- File is created in DirB
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- Sync creates the file in DirA
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- Sync creates the file in DirB
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- this means the file in DirB is overwritten with `cp` for no reason.
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- implement a check to prevent this.
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