[ale] sync desktop and OS X laptop?

[Mark Wright]

Thanks Michael.  That will help a lot.  I am still not too good with  
rsync.  I may try to do this from Mac to Linux only.  May avoid some  
issues.

Thanks.

Mark

On Jan 24, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Michael Solberg wrote:

>> Does anybody have an idea how to do a windows style briefcase setup
>> for a Mac laptop and Ubuntu desktop.
>>
>> It would be similar to syncing a PDA I guess.
>>
>> I would like to make my /home/mark on Ubuntu and /Users/Mark on OSX
>> sync up over ethernet so that all my email and the contents of my
>> documents folders are mirrored.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Here's how I do it, Mark:
>
> <snip>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> NEOHOME=/Users/misha
> PBRHOME=pbr:/opt/home/misha
>
> RSYNC='rsync -e ssh --size-only -rulptz --delete'
>
> # Dirs to sync
> for dir in Desktop Documents Library Movies Music Pictures Public  
> Sites
> Source
> do
>   #Sync the dirs
>    echo "syncing $dir"
>    ${RSYNC} ${NEOHOME}/${dir}/ ${PBRHOME}/${dir}
>    ${RSYNC} ${PBRHOME}/${dir}/ ${NEOHOME}/${dir}
> done
> </snip>
>
> Be careful with that --delete switch.  I'd run it with a --dry-run  
> first.
>
> Some notes on rsync on OS X are here:
>
> http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050219192044818
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael.
>
> -- 
> Michael Solberg
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