Always verify, by --dry-run
, the result of a new task before executing it. The easiest way to verify a task, select the task and then the shortcut ⌘E
for estimate.
The main task view lets you execute all or selected tasks in one go. A double click on a task wil execute a --dry-run
, the next double click will execute the real run.
The following are allowed shortcut actions:
Estimate
-⌘E
estimates all or selected tasksSynchronize
-⌘R
synchronize all or selected tasksAbort
-⌘K
abort and halt any ongoing task
When RsyncUI starts it automatically open the main view. By selecting wand and stars (shortcut ⌘E
) from the toolbar start estimating all tasks.
![](/images/tasks/tasks.png)
The estimate counts down number of tasks to estimate.
![](/images/tasks/startestimate.png)
The result of an estimate, blue numbers indicates there is data to synchronize. Execute the real run either direct from the summarized estimated view by left arrow (shortcut ⌘R
) on the toolbar.
To se details from the estimate, select a row and details are presented.
![](/images/tasks/estimate.png)
Selecting a row presents the details after an estimate run.
![](/images/tasks/estimatedetails.png)
Synchronize tasks by selecting blue arrow (shortcut ⌘R
) from the toolbar on the summarized view after estimating all tasks. A progress is shown on each task with data to be synchronized.
![](/images/tasks/execute.png)
All synchronize tasks adds a logrecord, time for synchronize task and transferred amount of data. All data about synchronize tasks are collected from rsync output.
![](/images/tasks/logrecords.png)