How to sync files on external hard disk and laptop running on F12

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:37 AM, birger <birger at birger.sh> wrote:
>> 1. How to sync files on external hard disk and laptop running on F12?
>
> For one way sync (use USB drive as backup device) I assume there are
> graphical interfaces to rsync or rdist that can be used.
>
> For 2 way sync (disk and laptop may both have been modified between
> syncs) I would look at unison. It's a kind of 2-way rsync that asks what
> to do if the same file has been updated on both sides. Sadly, I see that
> unison isn't being tracked at the latest release in f12, but there are
> packages called unison213 and unison227. I would try the unison227
> package.
>
> I have used unison for syncing one folder in my home dir across multiple
> systems. That way I can drop files I want generally accessible (at work,
> at home, on the road, etc) into that folder and sync with what I
> consider my master copy. I can then sync any other of my pc's with the
> master and access the files offline after the sync. Much like the
> microsoft suitcase thing.

For a gui for rsync you may want to consider grsync:

http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/

which can be installed with 'yum install grsync'.

Paul