Re: Synchronize file on HD and USB stick
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
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