Hi, I have a mac pro and a windows Vm which I want to keep sync. I tired using other Sync programs but they do not seems to be working. I tend to leave applications running which create their own temp files in its own specific folder, which caused the other sync programs to crash. I tired SyncToy by MS and Unison. I am looking for a bi-directional sync program that runs in the background and syncs any changes caused to the folder. I heard that rsync can slove this problem for me, but I am not sure how. Can any one be of hlep to me? - Rama
On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 17:12 -0500, Rama D. Chavali wrote:> I have a mac pro and a windows Vm which I want to keep sync. I tired > using other Sync programs but they do not seems to be working. I tend > to leave applications running which create their own temp files in its > own specific folder, which caused the other sync programs to crash. I > tired SyncToy by MS and Unison. I am looking for a bi-directional sync > program that runs in the background and syncs any changes caused to the > folder. I heard that rsync can slove this problem for me, but I am not > sure how.For bidirectional synchronization, I would recommend Unison. AFAIK, it doesn't have a mode to listen for changes in the background and act on them immediately, but you could configure a cron job or scheduled task to invoke Unison every few minutes. If you encountered a problem with Unison, you can get help via the "mailing list" at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unison-users . Matt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/attachments/20080410/c29ebc33/attachment.bin
On Apr 9, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Rama D. Chavali wrote:> Hi, > > I have a mac pro and a windows Vm which I want to keep sync. I > tired using other Sync programs but they do not seems to be > working. I tend to leave applications running which create their > own temp files in its own specific folder, which caused the other > sync programs to crash. I tired SyncToy by MS and Unison. I am > looking for a bi-directional sync program that runs in the > background and syncs any changes caused to the folder. I heard that > rsync can slove this problem for me, but I am not sure how. Can any > one be of hlep to me? > > - RamaWhy not have a common share point to save your work to? If you are using VMware or Parallels you can share your Macs home folder with windows through the the VM software. We have lots of users who do this. It makes backups easy. I only rsync their Mac home folders and exclude their VMware image. David.