Re: Sync files on two computers

From: Andrew Schulman (andrex_at_deadspam.com)
Date: 01/26/04

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    Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:17:25 -0500

    > I have a mirrored copy of my files from a remote server in my local
    hard
    > disk. Is there a quick way to sync files without manually finding files that
    > have been changed and uploading with sftp/scp? The server supports ssh,
    > sftp, scp, and maybe other things that I don't know yet. Most of the time, I
    > only need to upload, because I always work with the files (such as web
    > pages) locally.

    Use Unison: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/. Unison is a
    comprehensive attack on the file synchronization problem. It uses rsync
    to minimize network bandwidth, and it will run over ssh. It's almost
    certainly the solution to your problem.

    Good luck,
    Andrew. 

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