On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:37 AM, birger <birger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 1. How to sync files on external hard disk and laptop running on F12? > > For one way sync (use USB drive as backup device) I assume there are > graphical interfaces to rsync or rdist that can be used. > > For 2 way sync (disk and laptop may both have been modified between > syncs) I would look at unison. It's a kind of 2-way rsync that asks what > to do if the same file has been updated on both sides. Sadly, I see that > unison isn't being tracked at the latest release in f12, but there are > packages called unison213 and unison227. I would try the unison227 > package. > > I have used unison for syncing one folder in my home dir across multiple > systems. That way I can drop files I want generally accessible (at work, > at home, on the road, etc) into that folder and sync with what I > consider my master copy. I can then sync any other of my pc's with the > master and access the files offline after the sync. Much like the > microsoft suitcase thing. For a gui for rsync you may want to consider grsync: http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ which can be installed with 'yum install grsync'. Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
