suggestions for sync
Phil Marsh
microcraftx at gmail.com
Fri Sep 15 04:04:54 UTC 2023
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
>
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