On Friday 01 October 2004 13:49, Iain wrote: > I want to sync part of my ~/ directory on my laptop with > /home/iain/laptop/ on my server. I know I can do a variety of scripts > that will compare and copy selectively, run rsync also, but what I am > thinking of is a method to copy when there is a connection and a file is > modified. Something a bit more automated.
Most laptops are installed with a network hotplug daemon. On Mandrake the package is called ifplugd. You can edit the /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action shell script to add the command you need when the interface goes up. I'd suggest rsync to synchronise the directories. -- Ramon Casha
