>>>>> "Christophe" == Christophe TROESTLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christophe> Hello,
Christophe> I would like to be able to synchronize the *certain* files on
two
Christophe> machines that are *not* directly connected to each other.
Christophe> More precisely, I have to transfer data daily between two
machines and
Christophe> the only convenient way to do that is through floppies (ZIP /
Christophe> rewritable CDs). Do you know a program that would keep a set of
Christophe> files/dirs (with recursion but with possible exception of some
Christophe> subdirectories and files given by regexps) synchronized on the
two
Christophe> machines. That means in particular that files/dirs
created/deleted on
Christophe> some host should be having the same treatment on the other host.
Christophe> Preservation of permissions and uid/gid is important (with
provision
Christophe> if the numeric uid/gid differ for a given symbolic uid/gid on
the two
Christophe> machines ?). Ideally, it would keep a backup copy on the
floppy (in
Christophe> case I do something really wrong!). It would also detect if a
file
Christophe> has been modified on the two machines and prompt for what to
do. If
Christophe> the first disk is full, it should be able to `span' the data on
other
Christophe> ones. A report of every session would be nice.
I haven't pondered on the details of your problem very much, but
it seems to me that rdist(1) is your friend.
salut,
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