Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> I just bought the Acer One netbook, on which Lenny seems to work > fine. What I >>> need now is: >>> >>> 1) connect it to my old Hyundai laptop so to share data between the two; >>> >>> 2) periodically save, e.g. to the Hyundai the changes I made in my home >>> directory in the Acer and viceversa. I wish that only the files > that really >>> changed were copied, so to save useless time. >>> >>> Can anybody provide suggestions about both issues? I've never > connected two >>> machines together.
Sjoerd Hardeman <sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl> writes: > Set up a small network. It might be an option to buy a router with a dhcp > server (should be possible for a few 10$'s). That saves some configuration > hassle. Else just buy a crosslink cable and set the networks on both computers > appropriately. >> I'd keep it simple : ssh + rsync. > Run: > rsync -auvz --delete ssh://remotepc/dir/on/other/pc /dir/on/this/pc > to get the new stuff from the other pc to the one you're currently working > on. To update, just reverse: > rsync -auvz --delete /dir/on/this/pc ssh://remotepc/dir/on/other/pc > > -auvz does: > -a => archive: saves permissions, users etc, > -u => update: only newer files are transmitted. without this option older > changes will be transmitted too, which might result in a loss of current > changes > -v => verbose: can also use -P, giving a progress indicator > -z => compress: faster over (slow) networks Thanks for your explanation. Do I have to install ssh? I'm immediately searching shops for a crosslink cable, but then how do I "set the networks on both computers appropriately"? Sorry for my ignorance, but as I said, though I've been using Debian for some years now, I've never managed two computers together before. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org