AutoSYNC Software User's Guide (Update 14)

OSS File Synchronization

HP AutoSYNC User’s Guide—522580-015

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File Set Comparison

A source file or directory is synchronized if the source file or directory was modified

after the destination file or directory was last modified. Timestamp comparisons

account for differences in time zones and system clocks. Files that have the same

modification timestamp are never synchronized.

Exceptions:

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If the TIMEEXACT option is specified, a source and destination file that do not

have the same modification timestamp are synchronized, even if the destination

file was modified after the source file.

As mentioned above in Modification Timestamp of Symbolic Links, TIMEEXACT is

ignored for symbolic links.

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The RENAMEOPEN option is not supported for OSS files. If a destination file is

open at the time of the synchronization, it will not be synchronized but a warning is

written to the log file and synchronization continues with the next file or directory.

The BACKUP[INFILE] for OSS file sets is an entry-sequenced file that contains the

names of the files and directories to be synchronized in addition to internal file

information. Specify the KEEPB[ACKUPINFILE] option to preserve this file for

debugging purposes.

Ownership and Security

AutoSYNC propagates the standard file and directory security.

Unlike Guardian, OSS does not allow AutoSYNC to "give" ownership of files to another

user, or to set the group ID to another group, unless the user is SUPER.SUPER. The

user always becomes the owner of the files on the destination file set, unless the user

is SUPER.SUPER. This means each user can only synchronize their own files unless:

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The user is SUPER.SUPER. The Super ID always has permission to synchronize

files for other user IDs.

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The SYNCHRONIZE or ADD SYNCFILESET option OWNER is specified and the

user is the same as the specified owner or, the OWNERGROUP is specified and

the group ID is the same as the specified owner. In these cases the destination

files are all owned by the user. If the OWNER option is omitted and the files are not

owned by the user, an error 4001, permission denied, is returned. Likewise, if the

OWNERGROUP is omitted and the group ID is not the group ID of the user, an

error 4001, permission denied, is returned.

The security of the destination file or directory is the same as the source file or

directory, except for WRITE access. WRITE access on the destination files is set to

allow subsequent synchronizations, much like PURGE security for Guardian files.

(There is no PURGE security for OSS files.) If the user is the owner of the source file