Re: [SLUG] Synchronizing from Windows to Linux

[Alan L Tyree <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 26 May 2009 09:44:36 +1000
Andre Kolodochka <koloda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Given that my Lacie Ethernet disk just died, I was thinking of solid
> backup solutions for my personal files (20-30Gb). Since I have already
> Linux hosting with way more disk space than I need, I thought it will
> be great if I could sync a folder on my local drive to a folder on
> that Linux box... somewhere there.
> 
> The problem is my local box running Windows, otherwise rsync would do
> wonders. Anybody knows of a good tool I could use to sync Windows
> folders to Linux ones? And the one that will work over Internet, not
> just LAN.

I use unison: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

It claims to run on Windows, but I have no experience with that.

Alan

> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Andre.
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