Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Wed 25 Oct 2023 at 07:28:44 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote: > On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:57:19 +0300 > Itay wrote: > > > Perhaps I will grab the chance to separate private stuff from work > > stuff :-) > > Indeed! I don't know where you are located, but I will tell you that in > parts of the US

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:57:19 +0300 Itay wrote: > Perhaps I will grab the chance to separate private stuff from work > stuff :-) Indeed! I don't know where you are located, but I will tell you that in parts of the US commingling the two can become a legal nightmare. I would consider having a

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023, at 17:19, Itay wrote: > > > On Sun, 22 Oct 2023, at 21:10, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:40:43 +0300 > > Itay wrote: > > > >> According to wikipedia[4] the following tools are bidirectional: > >> FreeFileSync / NextCloud / Owncloud / SyncThing > >>

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023, at 18:09, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:14:21 +0300 > Itay wrote: > >> > Though, in general, the purpose of something like darcs is to >> > *provide* the syncing. >> > >> >> True. But my home dir includes many subdirs that are not under darcs >> control.

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:14:21 +0300 Itay wrote: > > Though, in general, the purpose of something like darcs is to > > *provide* the syncing. > > > > True. But my home dir includes many subdirs that are not under darcs > control. Then perhaps you should consider what I do. I put stuff under

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Sun, 22 Oct 2023, at 21:10, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:40:43 +0300 > Itay wrote: > >> According to wikipedia[4] the following tools are bidirectional: >> FreeFileSync / NextCloud / Owncloud / SyncThing >> Please -- can someone quickly tell me if they respect

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Sun, 22 Oct 2023, at 20:38, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 22 Oct 2023 17:40 +0300, from deb...@itayf.fastmail.fm (Itay): >> The sync must be bidirectional and *respect hardlinks* because many >> subdirs are kept under the control of darcs[1] which by default uses >> hardlinks. The sync tool I

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Sun, 22 Oct 2023, at 20:36, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 22 Oct 2023 10:32 -0700, from dalgoda+deb...@gmail.com > (Mike Castle): >> rsync supports hardlinks. >> >> --hard-links, -H preserve hard links > > It does, but on the other hand it's very

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Sun, 22 Oct 2023, at 20:32, Mike Castle wrote: > rsync supports hardlinks. > > --hard-links, -H preserve hard links > Yes. This is what I use for unidirectional syncing. > Though, in general, the purpose of something like darcs is to > *provide* the syncing. > True. But my home

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:40:43 +0300 Itay wrote: > According to wikipedia[4] the following tools are bidirectional: > FreeFileSync / NextCloud / Owncloud / SyncThing > Please -- can someone quickly tell me if they respect hardlinks? > Or recommend another tool(s) that respect hardlinks? I

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On 22 Oct 2023 17:40 +0300, from deb...@itayf.fastmail.fm (Itay): > The sync must be bidirectional and *respect hardlinks* because many > subdirs are kept under the control of darcs[1] which by default uses > hardlinks. The sync tool I used in the past, unison[2], does not > respect hardlinks[3].

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

On 22 Oct 2023 10:32 -0700, from dalgoda+deb...@gmail.com (Mike Castle): > rsync supports hardlinks. > > --hard-links, -H preserve hard links It does, but on the other hand it's very hard to wrangle rsync into doing safe bidirectional syncing. At least I didn't find a way to do that,

Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

rsync supports hardlinks. --hard-links, -H preserve hard links Though, in general, the purpose of something like darcs is to *provide* the syncing. mrc