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#1 2008-12-24 17:38:16
- playdafunkimuzic
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Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
Hi,
I have two machines networked, both running arch. I have the same folder in the same location on both machines. Let's say I place a file in one of them, I want it to be placed in the other as well. Is there a program I can use to synch this?Thanks
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#2 2008-12-24 17:43:08
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Re: Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
Rsync?
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#3 2008-12-24 18:54:50
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Re: Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
I like unison which can manage the synchronization in both directions. It has a simple gtk interface which lets you control the directions.
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#4 2008-12-25 10:20:52
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Re: Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
dropbox
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#5 2008-12-25 17:23:20
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#6 2008-12-25 21:07:17
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Re: Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
Definitely dropbox 
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#7 2008-12-25 22:44:30
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Subversion ;D
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#8 2008-12-25 22:51:18
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Re: Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
rsync
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#9 2008-12-25 23:57:17
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Re: Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
If both machines are always on the network, avoid duplication and set up a share - nfs, sshfs, etc.
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#10 2008-12-26 12:42:49
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Re: Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
Check grsync. It's a graphical interface for rsync. It will make things much easier.
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#11 2008-12-26 13:22:34
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Re: Want to synchronize folders, program recommendations!
If you don't want to work directly off the network and feel like doing some programming, set up some kind of network share then look up how to work with inotify in your favourite programming language (it has bindings for C++, Java, Perl, Python, OCaml, PHP, Haskell, Tcl and I'm assuming C, since I'm assuming it was written in C).
inotify is basically a file alteration monitor: it sets up a request to have the kernel ping the program as soon as a file or directory has changed. Set it up to ping the commit function of a script, and you'll have both machine's filesystems seconds apart from each other.
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