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#1 2009-11-17 19:29:52

Tg
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[Solved] Easy way to sync data with external HDD ?

Hi,

I wonder is there any good way to sync data from computer to external harddisk ?  I need to carry a data between my work and home. Both computer use linux.  Using cp just waste time and my data is pretty big ( 40 GB) and alot of my work is just minor edit. Is there any tools to sync just a modified data in linux ?

thanks.

Last edited by Tg (2009-11-17 21:20:51)

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#2 2009-11-17 19:45:08

loafer
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Re: [Solved] Easy way to sync data with external HDD ?

I use rsync to carry out a similar job and it works a treat:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rsync


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#3 2009-11-17 19:45:32

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Re: [Solved] Easy way to sync data with external HDD ?

The name implies it: rsync.

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#4 2009-11-17 19:50:05

Andrwe
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Re: [Solved] Easy way to sync data with external HDD ?

If you like GUIs have a look at unison.

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#5 2009-11-17 20:07:27

ninian
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Re: [Solved] Easy way to sync data with external HDD ?

One of the most wonderful commands on the planet:

rsync -av --delete /mnt/source/dir/ /mnt/target/dir/

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#6 2009-11-17 20:14:06

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Re: [Solved] Easy way to sync data with external HDD ?

What ninian said... you can add a --progress flag in there to see what's going on as well.


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#7 2009-11-17 20:46:26

Tg
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Re: [Solved] Easy way to sync data with external HDD ?

Oh wow, quick respond. I'll check it out.

Thanks

EDIT: Tried it, work like charm..


I feel stupid for not knowing this for a long time...

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