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Synchronize the iDisk from the command line UNIX
I've been experimenting alot with Perl lately, and was looking for a way to synchronize my iDisk via the command line, or with an AppleScript. I scoured the web for such a technique, but to no avail. I knew that the MirrorAgent process was in charge of the synch, so I tried the following:
 killall -ALRM MirrorAgent
Sure enough, the process suddenly came to life, and my local iDisk synched with the server! You can view the progress by having the ~/Library -> Logs -> MirrorAgent.log file open while typing the command.
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Synchronize the iDisk from the command line
Authored by: adrianm on Jun 25, '04 01:57:47PM

Cool. Now all I want is to persuade MirrorAgent to mirror arbitrary webdav mounts I have on other servers :)



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Synchronize the iDisk from the command line
Authored by: craig on Jun 25, '04 07:30:00PM

Great tip, thanks. I've been looking for away to do this from the command line.



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Synchronize the iDisk from the command line
Authored by: macintoshrules on Mar 24, '05 06:14:04PM

Setup a cron job to do that once or twice a day and you'll always be in sync.



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