[clue-tech] Document synchronization

[Ed Hill]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 00:02 -0600, Jeff Schroeder wrote:
> Angelo asked:
> 
> > Ever since I got spoiled using IMAP and being able to have the same
> > mail everywhere, I've started to want to be able to do the same thing
> > with all my other documents, code, software,  etc.  I wish there was
> > some way to create a document repository that worked seamlessly with
> > my computers.
> 
> I find rsync (http://rsync.samba.org) to be absolutely invaluable for 
> this sort of thing.  There might be some fantastic software solution 
> out there that I don't know about, but rsync has always been able to do 
> what I need.

Yes, another happy rsync user.  ;-)

And the rsync approach that Jeff describes has the added benefit of
being a fairly simple backup.  Its not a thorough backup solution (not
archival, etc.) but it does add a partial safety net.

Ed


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