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Syncronising files
Daminator
November 30th, 2005, 12:52 PM
I want to have the files that are in my FAT32 partition synchronised with files on a separate computer running XP. The file structure will be the same.

I'd to be able to just press a button to synchronise the files, and the most recent one will be copied to the other machine (when they are connected) no matter which machine was modified.

So, for example, if I take my laptop (Ubuntu) out and about and write some emails, and my girlfriend writes a word document on the home Machine (currently XP), I'd like the synchronisation to take place both ways and to be told if the same file has been updated on both (I doubt this will ever happen).

Is this possible?

I've been told it's possible with 2 XP machines and found a couple of apps, but what about Linux to Linux and Linux to XP?

This would be SOOO useful if anyone can point me in the right direction
Daminator
December 2nd, 2005, 04:25 AM
Is there anything around that can do any part of this???
23meg
December 2nd, 2005, 04:31 AM
The great *nix syncing tool rsync was ported to windows as well, so chances are it will do the job for you. man rsync

rsync.php
Daminator
December 3rd, 2005, 06:22 AM
Thanks for that, I'll take a look
adam.skinner
December 3rd, 2005, 06:30 AM
I'd look to Unsion (~bcpierce/unison/).
Daminator
December 15th, 2005, 09:27 PM
Is anyone out there using unison?

I'm having a royal pain in the *** trying to get ssh working and would be very greatful if someone could give me a few pointers!

Tried various different things, but just get 'port 22: connection refused' every single time.
David Valentine
January 30th, 2006, 08:36 PM
I've been using unison, and it is good albeit clunky for what I needed. You might want to check out jfilesync (), which is written in Java and is therefore platform independent. What I like about it is you can set up a profile of directory pairs to synchronize, making updating a snap.
Daminator
January 31st, 2006, 08:21 AM
I've been using unison, and it is good albeit clunky for what I needed. You might want to check out jfilesync (), which is written in Java and is therefore platform independent. What I like about it is you can set up a profile of directory pairs to synchronize, making updating a snap.

I'm still struggling with Unison.
jfilesync could be a simpler alternative. Are you sure it can be used to sync between Linux and XP without any problems? How can I install it on Ubuntu??
David Valentine
January 31st, 2006, 08:31 PM
Are you sure it can be used to sync between Linux and XP without any problems?When it comes to computers in general and new software in particular, I am most definitely *not* sure. ;) But I do know that jfilesync can sync network drives, so if you can mount xp or ubuntu as a network drive on the other, you should be set.

As for installation, here's what I did:

1. Uncompressed the .zip file into a new folder (jfilesync) in my home folder
2. Made sure the jfilesync.sh script file had appropriate permissions (chmod 755 jfilesync.sh)
3. Used the Gnome Applications Menu Editor to add a new entry pointing to jfilesync.sh

By the way, I do like Unison for some things. What exactly is giving you trouble on it?
professor_chaos
January 31st, 2006, 08:45 PM
I use rsync to do a one way sync, but all you have to do is do it twice. Provided your XP machine is mounted.
something like this script... (put it in a cronjob, and you don't even have to click a button)

#!/bin/bash

rs="rsync -vruL" #rsync command

dest=/home/user/directory1 #destination for backup
source=/home/user/directory2 #dir of files to backup

$rs $source $dest #backup command for first sync

dest=/home/user/directory2 #destination for backup
source=/home/user/directory1 #dir of files to backup

$rs $source $dest #backup command for first sync

exit
rshel
January 31st, 2006, 11:50 PM
Do any of the above mentioned solutions allow quick synchronization from Linux desktop to USB flash drive? I use a flash drive to move files back and forth to (non-computer related, heavy word-processing) work. I don't trust myself to keep track of what I've updated at work, so I don't like to just move all the files over. At work on my Windows machine I use Second Copy. Also Unison won't even recognize my USB drive when I plug it into my Unix machine, why?

thanks
David Valentine
February 1st, 2006, 02:50 AM
Do any of the above mentioned solutions allow quick synchronization from Linux desktop to USB flash drive? I use a flash drive to move files back and forth to (non-computer related, heavy word-processing) work. I don't trust myself to keep track of what I've updated at work, so I don't like to just move all the files over.That's (almost) exactly what I'm doing, and exactly why I'm doing it. I have to use a USB hard drive instead of a flash drive 'cause my files have gotten too numerous/large.Also Unison won't even recognize my USB drive when I plug it into my Unix machine, why?Is your PC mounting your flash drive automatically? Ubuntu seems to do a good job of that, but I have no idea about Unix. Assuming yes, and assuming Unix is enough like Ubuntu for this to be valid, then just make sure you have one or more files with a .prf extension in your ~/.unison directory with the following lines in it/them:
root = /home/{}/{}
root = /media/usbdisk/{}
Good luck!
rshel
February 1st, 2006, 07:56 AM
I thought there had to be a way to make Unison recognize a usb drive as local directory. I will give it a shot. Thanks!
rshel
February 1st, 2006, 10:53 AM
Another question. I have been unable to start unison in its graphic user interface mode. I type unison at the command line and it requests more options on the command line as if it is in text mode. I thought it was supposed to start up with gui if it was so compiled. I installed it from synaptic with gtk but still no luck. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
adamonduty
February 1st, 2006, 12:00 PM
You could always try unison -ui gui . 
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