Vincent Smeets wrote: > Hallo, > > is there some tool to synchronize files or directories between a hard > disk and a USB stick? I have some files on the hard disk of my home > computer. I have a copy of them on a USB stick so that I can use the > files at other places (at work) too. I need to keep those two copies > in sync, sometimes the USB file are changed, sometimes the HD files. > > On Windows I used a "Workmap" directory on the USB stick. It showed a > button in the explorer to synchronize the files and Windows checked > which one was the newest version. Now I have left Windows and switched > over to Debian, but I still have the files on the stick and HD that > need to be synchronized. Is there some tool in Debian for that? > > Thanks, > Vincent Smeets > > There is a Debian package called "unison" that may be of some use to you. I haven't used it, but here's its package description:
A file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows, written in OCaml. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other. Unison offers several advantages over various synchronization methods such as CVS, Coda, rsync, Intellisync, etc. Unison can run on and synchronize between Windows and many UNIX platforms. Unison requires no root privileges, system access or kernel changes to function. Unison can synchronize changes to files and directories in both directions, on the same machine, or across a network using ssh or a direct socket connection. Transfers are optimised using a version of the rsync protocol, making it ideal for slower links. Unison has a clear and precise specification, and is resilient to failure due to its careful handling of the replicas and its private structures. -- Mitch Wiedemann Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association http://ithacafreesoftware.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
