Re: Synchronize two computers

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>>> I just bought the Acer One netbook, on which Lenny seems to work
> fine.  What I
>>> need now is:
>>>
>>> 1) connect it to my old Hyundai laptop so to share data between the two;
>>>
>>> 2) periodically save, e.g. to the Hyundai the changes I made in my home
>>> directory in the Acer and viceversa.  I wish that only the files
> that really
>>>    changed were copied, so to save useless time.
>>>
>>> Can anybody provide suggestions about both issues?  I've never
> connected two
>>> machines together.

Andrew Malcolmson <andmalc@gmail.com> writes:

> Another vote here for Unison when changes can occur on either copy, as
> the OP is doing.  If only one end changes, then rsync or its derivations
> such as rdiff-backup are great.


Well, actually the changes will occur on one end at a time, so rsync seems the
best to me.  But the real difficulty I'm a bit worried about is that I'm
waiting for shops to open so to go and buy a crosslink cable, and then?  After
plugging the two together, how shall I do the proper settings in order to be
able use rsync?

Thanks for any further help
Rodolfo