[CLUE-Tech] Syncing between server and laptop?

[Paul Bille]

Rsync sounds interesting but is it OS independent or do both systems
have to be running LINUX and rsync?

Jeff > "I don't have a wireless LAN in my house . . ."

What?  You don't have CAT-V running throughout the house?

http://bille.cudenver.edu/flexnet/special.html - Network Special

Jeff > "What's the best way to keep files in sync . . ."

OK, that response is off topic.  I'm certain there are others in the
group more quailified than me to answer this question but I'll through
in my $.02.

Rsync sounds like a better tool but RCS and CVS seem like they'll work
for source code and could be kluged for other files also but . . . I
don't trust auto synch.  

Case in point:  I've been burned with auto synchronization with a
laptop.  I was flying back and forth from Midland TX, Central Time and
Denver, Mountain Time with a laptop, working on a network application.
I like to work while I'm on the plane.  When I connected with the server
in Midland, my laptop clock was set to an hour later.  My clock was set
to an hour earlier when I connected with the network back here in
Denver.  The time changed before the synchronization took place.  Older
files that I had pushed across the network from Midland overwrote the
newer files I had developed on the trip from Midland to Denver.  I
haven't used auto synchro since.  I don't trust it.

I do selected updates under manual supervision based on time stamp.  I
have a primary system, "My Computer" and it's not the lap top.  It is
platform/OS independent but labor intensive.

Paul
http://bille.cudenver.edu/author