Version 1.0.0

CorrectPath.go

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package main
+
+func correctPath(path string) string {
+	if path[len(path)-1:] == `/` || path[len(path)-1:] == `\` {
+		return path[:len(path)-1]
+	} else {
+		return path
+	}
+}

Main.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 func main() {
 
 	// Show the current version:
-	fmt.Println(`Sync v1.0.0`)
+	log.Println(`Sync v1.0.0`)
 
 	// Allow Go to use all CPUs:
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Should I use the current working dir?
+	if localDir == `.` {
+		if currentWD, currentWDError := os.Getwd(); currentWDError != nil {
+			log.Println("Cannot use the current working directory as local directory: " + currentWDError.Error())
+			return
+		} else {
+			log.Println("I use the current working directory as local directory: " + currentWD)
+			localDir = currentWD
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Remove trailing separators from both directories
+	localDir = correctPath(localDir)
+	remoteDir = correctPath(remoteDir)
+
 	// Check if local dir exist
 	if dirInfo, dirError := os.Stat(localDir); dirError != nil {
 		log.Println("There is an error with the local directory: " + dirError.Error())
@@ -41,13 +56,26 @@ func main() {
 	for true {
 		if password == `` {
 			// Promt for the password:
-			fmt.Println(`Please provide the password for the connection:`)
+			fmt.Print(`Please provide the password for the connection: `)
 			fmt.Scanln(&password)
 		} else {
 			break
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Give some information about the state
+	if supervised {
+		log.Println("I use the supervised mode.")
+	} else {
+		log.Println("I do not use the supervised mode.")
+	}
+
+	if pushOnly {
+		log.Println("I use the push only mode i.e. backup mode. Any remote change will be ignored.")
+	} else {
+		log.Println("I use the full mode and consider also remote changes.")
+	}
+
 	// Create the SSH configuration:
 	Sync.SetPassword4Callback(password)
 	config := &ssh.ClientConfig{
@@ -67,6 +95,6 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	defer ssh.Close()
-	Sync.Synchronise(ssh, supervised, localDir, remoteDir)
+	Sync.Synchronise(ssh, supervised, pushOnly, localDir, remoteDir)
 	log.Println("Synchronising done.")
 }

ReadFlags.go

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ func readFlags() {
 	flag.StringVar(&serverAddrString, `server`, `127.0.0.1:22`, `The (remote) SSH server, e.g. 'my.host.com', 'my.host.com:22', '127.0.0.1:22', 'localhost:22'.`)
 	flag.StringVar(&username, `user`, `username`, `The user's name for the SSH server.`)
 	flag.StringVar(&password, `pwd`, ``, `The user's password for the SSH server. You can omit these argument. Thus, the program asks for the password on demand.`)
-	flag.StringVar(&localDir, `localDir`, ``, `The local directory which should be synced.`)
+	flag.StringVar(&localDir, `localDir`, `.`, `The local directory which should be synced. Use . for the current working directory.`)
 	flag.StringVar(&remoteDir, `remoteDir`, ``, `The remote directory which should be synced.`)
 	flag.BoolVar(&supervised, `supervised`, true, `Use the supervised mode? The algorithm asks you before any change.`)
+	flag.BoolVar(&pushOnly, `pushOnly`, true, `Use the push only mode, i.e. backup mode. Ignore any change on the remote side!`)
 	flag.Parse()
 }

Sync/ComparePath.go

@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
 package Sync
 
-import (
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-)
-
 func comparePath(localBase, localPath, remoteBase, remotePath string) bool {
 	localCompare := normalisePath(localBase, localPath)
 	remoteCompare := normalisePath(remoteBase, remotePath)
 	return localCompare == remoteCompare
 }
-
-func normalisePath(base, path string) string {
-	result := strings.Replace(path, base, ``, 1)
-	result = filepath.ToSlash(result)
-	return strings.ToLower(result)
-}

Sync/NormalisePath.go

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package Sync
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func normalisePath(base, path string) string {
+	result := strings.Replace(path, base, ``, 1)
+	result = filepath.ToSlash(result)
+	return strings.ToLower(result)
+}

Sync/ReadYesNoAnswer.go

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package Sync
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func readYesNoAnswer(defaultAnswer bool) bool { // true := yes
+	answer := ``
+	if _, scanError := fmt.Scan(&answer); scanError != nil {
+		return defaultAnswer
+	}
+
+	if answer == `` || answer == ` ` {
+		return defaultAnswer
+	}
+
+	if strings.ToLower(answer) == `y` {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}

Sync/Synchronise.go

@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var (
-	test string = ""
-)
-
-func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
+func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised, pushOnly bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 	/*
 		Algorithm:
 		- Get all local files and dirs
@@ -65,11 +61,8 @@ func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 	log.Printf("Found %d local files.\n", len(localFiles))
 
 	//
-	// Read the remote files ============================================================================================
+	// Connect to the server ============================================================================================
 	//
-	log.Println("Try to read all remote files now...")
-	remoteFiles = make(map[string]os.FileInfo)
-
 	sftp, sftpError := sftp.NewClient(ssh)
 	if sftpError != nil {
 		log.Println("Was not able to connect to the server: " + sftpError.Error())
@@ -78,6 +71,11 @@ func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 
 	defer sftp.Close()
 
+	//
+	// Read the remote files ============================================================================================
+	//
+	log.Println("Try to read all remote files now...")
+	remoteFiles = make(map[string]os.FileInfo)
 	counterRemoteFile := 0
 	walker := sftp.Walk(remoteDir)
 	for walker.Step() {
@@ -213,6 +211,7 @@ func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 	//
 	// Free local space ============================================================================================
 	//
+	if !pushOnly {
 		deleteLocalFiles := make([]string, 0)
 		for localFileNormalised, localFileInfo := range localFilesNormalised {
 			remoteFileNormaliesed := remoteFilesNormalised[localFileNormalised]
@@ -275,11 +274,13 @@ func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
 	//
 	// Download new files ============================================================================================
 	//
 
+	if !pushOnly {
 		downloadRemoteFiles := make([]string, 0)
 		for remoteFileNormalised, _ := range remoteFilesNormalised {
 			localFileNormaliesed := localFilesNormalised[remoteFileNormalised]
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
 	//
 	// Upload new files ============================================================================================
@@ -447,6 +449,7 @@ func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 	// Changed files on the remote side ============================================================================================
 	//
 
+	if !pushOnly {
 		changedRemoteFiles := make([]string, 0)
 		for remoteFileNormalised, remoteFileInfo := range remoteFilesNormalised {
 			localFileNormaliesed := localFilesNormalised[remoteFileNormalised]
@@ -504,6 +507,7 @@ func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
 	//
 	// Changed files on the local side ============================================================================================
@@ -568,25 +572,3 @@ func Synchronise(ssh *ssh.Client, supervised bool, localDir, remoteDir string) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func walkerlocal(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-	localFiles[path] = info
-	return nil
-}
-
-func readYesNoAnswer(defaultAnswer bool) bool { // true := yes
-	answer := ``
-	if _, scanError := fmt.Scan(&answer); scanError != nil {
-		return defaultAnswer
-	}
-
-	if answer == `` || answer == ` ` {
-		return defaultAnswer
-	}
-
-	if strings.ToLower(answer) == `y` {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	return false
-}

Sync/WalkerLocal.go

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package Sync
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+func walkerlocal(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+	localFiles[path] = info
+	return nil
+}

Variables.go

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ var (
 	localDir         = ``   // The local directory
 	remoteDir        = ``   // The remote directory
 	supervised       = true // Should the tool work supervised?
+	pushOnly         = true // Pushes only local changes to the remote i.e. backup mode
 )