Christophe TROESTLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to be able to synchronize the *certain* files on two > machines that are *not* directly connected to each other. > [...] > > Well, you get the idea. If you know of an utility more or less > fitting the description above, I am really interested! (I suppose I > am not the only one with such a problem.)
Have a look at the debian packages mirrordir and rsync (I add the descriptions below). rsync seems to be more popular (maybe because it can update files over the net by only transferring a diff), but I don't know much about the pros and cons. I used to use mirrordir myself for transports of my files on a MO medium, and after my experiences it works very well. I have played around with rsync a little bit, it seems to be more sophisticated. Greetings, joachim $ apt-cache show mirrordir Package: mirrordir Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 458 Maintainer: James R. Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 0.10.48-2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1) Filename: dists/woody/main/binary-i386/utils/mirrordir_0.10.48-2.deb Size: 209210 MD5sum: 09c647e49c3e963917b577ebb2542e84 Description: duplicate a directory by making a minimal set of changes mirrordir forces the mirror directory to be an exact replica of the control directory tree in every possible detail suitable for purposes of timed backup. Files whose modification times or sizes differ are copied. File permissions, ownerships, modification times, access times, and sticky bits are duplicated. Devices, pipes, and symbolic and hard links are duplicated. Files or directories that exist in the mirror directory that don't exist in the control directory are deleted. It naturally descends into subdirectories to all their depths. mirrordir tries to be as efficient as possible by making the minimal set of changes necessary to mirror the directory. $ apt-cache show rsync Package: rsync Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 256 Maintainer: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 2.4.6-1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2) Suggests: ssh Filename: dists/woody/main/binary-i386/net/rsync_2.4.6-1.deb Size: 99396 MD5sum: d44d06ee8e31032f88ac6678c6450af2 Description: fast remote file copy program (like rcp) rsync is a program that allows files to be copied to and from remote machines in much the same way as rcp. It has many more options than rcp, and uses the rsync remote-update protocol to greatly speedup file transfers when the destination file already exists. . The rsync remote-update protocol allows rsync to transfer just the differences between two sets of files across the network link.
