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Date:      Thu, 08 Oct 1998 14:23:47 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        config@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Needed: intelisync-like functionality 
Message-ID:  <199810082123.OAA00754@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 15:10:45 MDT." <199810082110.PAA15923@harmony.village.org> 

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> There are many applications that I've found for doing an intellegent
> syncing.  I see two big classes of syncing that is needed:
> 
> 	1) Keeping n files on n systems the same, while allowing for
> 	   changes on any of the n systems.  This is what intellisync
> 	   does in the Windows world.

Rsync (mostly).

> 	2) To allow merging of an example file with a config file over
> 	   time (ala the /etc/rc.conf problem).

The "right" solution for this is going to be a database of some source.

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