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https://github.com/mafintosh/mirror-folder

Small module to mirror a folder to another folder. Supports live mode as well.
https://github.com/mafintosh/mirror-folder

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Small module to mirror a folder to another folder. Supports live mode as well.

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# mirror-folder

[![npm][npm-image]][npm-url]
[![travis][travis-image]][travis-url]

Small module to mirror a folder to another folder.

Supports watch mode as well where it will continuously watch the src folder and mirror new entries as they are created/removed.

```
npm install mirror-folder
```

## Usage

``` js
var mirror = require('mirror-folder')

mirror('/Users/maf/cool-stuff', '/Users/maf/cool-stuff-mirror', function (err) {
if (err) throw err
console.log('Folder was mirrored')
})
```

## API

#### `var progress = mirror(src, dst, [options], [callback])`

Mirror `src` to `dst`. Returns a progress event emitter.

Options include:

``` js
{
watch: false, // keep watching the src and mirror new entries, can also be a custom watch function
dereference: false, // dereference any symlinks
equals: fun, // optional function to determine if two entries are the same, see below
ignore: null, // optional async function to ignore file paths on src or dest
dryRun: false, // emit all events but don't write/del files,
keepExisting: false, // whether to delete extra files in the destination that are not present in the source
skipSpecial: true // skip any files that are not regular files,
ensureParents: false // ensure that all parent directories exist before creating children.
}
```

The equals function looks like this:

``` js
function equals (src, dst, cb) {
console.log('src.name', src.name)
console.log('src.stat', src.stat)
console.log('dst.name', dst.name)
console.log('dst.stat', dst.stat)
cb(null, true) // callback with true if they are the same or false if not
}
```

Per default the equals function will check if mtime is larger on the src entry or if the size is different

The ignore function looks like this:

``` js
function ignore (file, cb) {
// ignore any files with secret in them
if (file.indexOf('secret') > -1) return process.nextTick(cb, null, true)
return process.nextTick(cb, null, false)
}
```

If you want to use a custom watch function on the src fs, the `watch` option should take the form:
```js
var unwatch = function watch (path, onwatch) { ... }
```

If you are using a custom fs module (like [graceful-fs](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs)) you can pass that in
with the `src` or `dst` like this:

``` js
mirror({name: '/Users/maf/cool-stuff', fs: customFs}, {name: '/Users/maf/cool-stuff-mirror', fs: anotherFs})
```

#### `progress.on('pending', {name, live})`

Emitted when file/dir added to pending queue.

#### `progress.pending`

Array of items pending to be processed.

#### `progress.on('put', src, dst)`

Emitted when a file/folder is copied from the src to the dst folder.

#### `progress.on('put-data', data)`

Emitted when a file chunk is read from the src.

#### `progress.on('put-end', src, dst)`

Emitted at the end of a write stream (files only).

#### `progress.on('del', dst)`

Emitted when a file/folder is deleted from the dst folder.

#### `progress.on('ignore', src, dst)`

Emitted when a file/folder is ignored (either src or dst).

#### `progress.on('skip', src, dst)`

Emitted when a file/folder is skipped. Either src file already is `equal` to dst file or file does not exist in either place.

#### `progress.on('end')`

Emitted when the mirror ends (not emitted in watch mode). The mirror callback is called when this event is emitted as well

#### `progress.on('error', err)`

Emitted when a critical error happens. If you pass a mirror callback you don't need to listen for this.

#### `progress.destroy()`

Stop mirroring files. If using watch mode, close the file watcher.

## License

MIT

[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/mirror-folder.svg?style=flat-square
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mirror-folder
[travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/mafintosh/mirror-folder.svg?style=flat-square
[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/mafintosh/mirror-folder