Many of us have a Desktop PC and a Laptop (or Netbook as my case) and always have the problem of keeping our devices synced. Think of you, working on a project and having copies on your Netbook and Desktop. Doing manual synchronizations can mess up things, and risk invaluable data.
We always have the Dropbox option, but thats not possible when you deal with huge sized directories and files. (cuz dropbox only stores 2 Gb in free plan. You can increase this space, but sometimes Dropbox is not a clever option)
I dedicated some time in finding a good syncing application, and found Unison, in the words of the official webpage:
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| The Unison logo |
The advantages of this program is that works in almost any platform, also supports cross-platform syncing (say Linux to Windows) and deals very well with versions (controls the file versions, gives you the option to choice the file to keep, in case is needed)
I been testing this program for about 2 months, and i can tell that works very well, If you need to sync two or more directories, you must give it a try. Some of the uses i give are
- Keep both Netbook and Desktop with actually the same information on the selected directories.
- Back-Up tool, cuz you can configure a profile for backing up your flash drive, so, if you need to make some space on your USB flash drive,(for instance, when preparing a hybrid Debian ISO) you can delete information because you can restore it completely and automatically
- Can have many syncing profiles son can use them when needed
- Can use SSH, so you just need a LAN (or WLAN) which are pretty common those days
The manuals and tutorials are avaible at here so I won't put that information here.
If you have any questions on configuring, running, or anything else, feel free to leave a comment.
I will probe!
ResponderBorrar