From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 19 1:22: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from draenor.org (draenor.org [196.36.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A486237BA06 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 01:21:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcs@draenor.org) Received: from marcs by draenor.org with local (Exim 3.14 #1) id 133wmg-0007LT-00; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:19:54 +0200 Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:19:54 +0200 From: Marc Silver To: Donald Burr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to keep two directory trees in sync? Message-ID: <20000619101954.C26533@draenor.org> References: <009701bfd5ce$5b77a450$0100a8c0@locutus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <009701bfd5ce$5b77a450$0100a8c0@locutus>; from dburr@borg-cube.com on Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 12:01:25AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey there, This was on freshmeat today. :) subject: Unison 2.2 added by: Benjamin C. Pierce on Jun 17th 2000, 02:31 license: GPL category: Console/Utilities homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/homepage/960562489/ download: http://freshmeat.net/redir/download/960562489/ changelog: http://freshmeat.net/redir/changelog/960562489/ description: Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in [snip] This might be what you're looking for. Cheers, Marc On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 12:01:25AM -0700, Donald Burr wrote: > I have a desktop and a laptop, and I need a way to keep a directory tree > synchronized between the two machines. (yes, they are networked.) (e.g. If > I make a change on the desktop machine, it should get propagated to the > laptop, and vice versa). > > Basically what I am looking for is the FreeBSD/UNIX equivalent to the > function of the "My Briefcase" in Windows 9x, or the "HotSync" feature of > the PalmPilots. > > If anyone has a script or a port that they would recommend, please let me > know. Thanks! > -- > Donald Burr - dburr@borg-cube.com > The Borg Collective - http://www.borg-cube.com/ > Come chat with us. Resistance is futile. http://www.BorgChat.Net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message