On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 06:48:21PM -0700, Seth Zirin wrote: > On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 19:39, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Cantante de Matos wrote: > > I have a situation I don't know how to solve it. I have a PC and a > > laptop usually connected to each other and each of them have a directory > > that should be syncronized. I mean, when I change the contents of the > > directory in one place, issuing a command in the other place should make > > it up to date and vice versa. I think you know what I mean. Is there any > > straightforward way to do this? > > Have a look at the man page for rsync. Rsync can run over ssh between > two Linux systems and can synchronize a Linux directory with a Windows > directory if the Windows directory is mounted using a "mount -t smbfs" > command. > > There are many other ways, but none superior to rsync.
It sounds like Paulo is looking for two-way sync, which rsync does not do. Explore unison, that's more like what you're looking for. Owen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
