[wplug] directory replication in linux.

jmh3 at linuxfreak.com jmh3 at linuxfreak.com
Sat Jan 27 18:13:23 EST 2001


On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Casey R. Tweten wrote:

> Today around 3:58pm, jmh3 at linuxfreak.com hammered out this masterpiece:
> 
> : hey.
> : 
> : i'm looking for opinions on something. 
> : i have a home directory on my box at home and at school. what i want to do
> : is do an initial syncing at home and at school, and i want a program that
> : will record changes made to files on computer A and apply them to computer
> : B also. so for example my advisor has a copy of his homedir on his laptop.
> : he goes to a conference and makes changes to some files. he comes back and
> : the changes are synced with the network when he returns.
> : 
> : any thoughts/ideas?
> : 
> : i looked at rsync, but i'm not sure if it is what i am looking for.
> 
> I use rsync to get the latest development version of Perl.  It is
> exactly what you want.  I have a local copy of the development version
> and when I use rsync it only downloads the files that don't match my
> local version, i.e. new versions of files or fresh copies of files i
> have changed.

does it work both ways? like if i make changes on my home computer will it
sync with the school and vice versa?

john




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