suggestions for sync

[Phil Marsh]

Hi Bob,
Alternatively, I can use Netcat within my LAN and OpenVPN + Netcat if I
have OpenVPN running anyway.
Thanks,
Phil

On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 7:36 PM Bob Proulx <bob at proulx.com> wrote:

> Hi Phil,
>
> Phil Marsh wrote:
> > I've had good luck with Unison. The only issue is that it appears to me
> > that it's designed to sync directories on the same machine. However, I'm
> > thinking it could be used with NFS mounts to sync across LAN or internet.
>
> Unison will sync files over ssh just fine.  NFS is not needed if SSH
> is used.
>
>     unison ./foo/ ssh://example.com/foo/
>
> This requires compatible versions of unison on both systems.  That's
> perhaps somewhat more restrictive of a statement than might seem at
> first glance.  Unison is often rolling versions with incompatible
> protocols.  That's why there are so many possible ones to install.
>
>     $ apt-cache search ^unison
>     unison - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
>     unison-gtk - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows with GTK+
> interface
>     unison-2.52 - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
>     unison-2.52-gtk - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows with
> GTK+ interface
>     unison-2.53 - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
>     unison-2.53-gtk - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows with
> GTK+ interface
>     unison2.27.57 - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
>     unison2.32.52 - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
>     unison2.40.102 - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
>
> If working between two different system versions you will need to
> install compatible versions on both.
>
> Bob
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.nclug.org/pipermail/nclug/attachments/20230914/45266d56/attachment.htm>