I though of using some tool, but since I'm dealing with one directory, it seems like overkill and one line of rsync should solve the problem, although I'll probably add a few lines of "sanity" checks and logging :-)
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 10:49:43 +0200 Rabin Yasharzadehe <ra...@rabin.io> wrote: > In that case use tools like SyncThing, which let you have a sync > folder across several computers. > and all the syncing is done in the background (almost live). > > -- > Rabin > > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 at 09:37, Shlomo Solomon > <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:05:59 +0200 > > borissh1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > file locks that are so needed for binary files), or just to work > > > locally and then overwrite the original file. Multi connection > > > edits over the network is a guarantee for a headache later. > > > > Thanks. Although not really a "solution", I'm thinking of copying > > the entire content of the share to my machine (disk space is cheap) > > and creating, saving, changing, deleting files on my local copy. I > > would then have a cron job to rsync to the share once an hour. So > > effectively, the share would actually be a backup and rather than > > actually working on the share. > > > > To be clear, the reason for the share is to allow family members to > > save on the network share which is regularly backed-up since I know > > my wife and kids never back-up their computers. > > > > > > -- > > Shlomo Solomon > > http://the-solomons.net > > Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.18.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.18.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
