httpup.8

.\" man page for httpup
.\" Johannes Winkelmann, jw@tks6.net
.\" 
.\" .PU
.TH "httpup" "8" "" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
.LP 
httpup \- an md5sum based one way synchronisation tool for http file
repositories
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B httpup [options] <command> URL target

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
httpup performs a one way synchronisation of files published over
http. It is meant for data which is one changed in one place but used
in different other places, for example a ports system. It does only
update the files which are changed (md5sum like).

.SH "COMMANDS"


.TP 
.B httpup sync <URL> <target directory>
synchronize the local
.B target directory
with URL


.TP 
.B httpup copy <URL> <target directory>
copy the URL to
.B target directory


.TP 

.B httpup list <target directory>
List files under httpup's control


.SH OPTIONS

.B --verify-md5, -m:
Verify the md5sum of downloaded files

.B --repofile=<FILE>, -r <FILE>:
Alternative name for the remote REPO file

.B --encode, -e:
URL encode filenames

.B --insecure-ssl, -k
Ignore SSL certificates when downloading from an HTTPS host

.SH "CONFIGURATION"
In order to specify proxy server and proxy authentication information, httpup
looks at /etc/httpup.conf which can contain the following four keys: 
proxy_host, proxy_port, proxy_user and proxy_pass. Example:
.IP
.nf
proxy_host http://proxy.domain.net
proxy_port 8080
proxy_user joe
proxy_pass very_secret
.i
.IP

.SH "EXAMPLES"
.TP 
.B httpup sync http://myhost/ports/tks6 /usr/ports/tks6
Synchronize local copy in /usr/ports/tks6 with the one on
.B myhost


.SH "AUTHORS"
Johannes Winkelmann <jw@tks6.net>