![]() * Can run custom commands before (and stop in case of failure) and after rsync * A good number of translations available ![]() * Highlights errors and show them on a separate window, for better and faster control over rsync runs * Parses rsync output to display progress bars and other information * Captures and prints rsync output nicely on a own window and log to a file * Saves multiple settings with customized names (no limit on number of "sessions") * Most commonly used rsync options available, additional options may be specified by command line switches Sample uses of grsync include: synchronize a music collection with removable devices, backup personal files to a networked drive, replication of a partition to another one, mirroring of files, etc. It can be effectively used to synchronize local directories and it supports remote targets as well (even though it doesn't support browsing the remote folder). It doesn't need the gnome libraries to run, but can of course run under gnome pretty fine. It uses the gtk libraries and can work under the gnome desktop. It works on linux, solaris, windows, mac os x and maemo. Grsync is a rsync gui, a graphical user interface for the rsync file synchronization and backup tool. * Unison is free full source code is available under the GNU Public License. * Unison has a clear and precise specification. It is careful to leave the replicas and its own private structures in a sensible state at all times, even in case of abnormal termination or communication failures. Transfers of small updates to large files are optimized using a compression protocol similar to rsync. ![]() It is careful with network bandwidth, and runs well over slow links such as PPP connections. * Unison works between any pair of machines connected to the internet, communicating over either a direct socket link or tunneling over an encrypted ssh connection. * Unlike a distributed filesystem, Unison is a user-level program: there is no need to modify the kernel or to have superuser privileges on either host. ![]() Conflicting updates are detected and displayed. Updates that do not conflict are propagated automatically. * Unlike simple mirroring or backup utilities, Unison can deal with updates to both replicas of a distributed directory structure. Moreover, Unison works across platforms, allowing you to synchronize a Windows laptop with a Unix server, for example. * Unison runs on both Windows and many flavors of Unix (Solaris, Linux, OS X, etc.) systems. However, there are several points where it differs: Unison shares a number of features with tools such as configuration management packages (CVS, PRCS, Subversion, BitKeeper, etc.), distributed filesystems (Coda, etc.), uni-directional mirroring utilities (rsync, etc.), and other synchronizers (Intellisync, Reconcile, etc). It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other. You can add this to scheduled tasks to run every few minutes, daily, or at login / logout or on demand.Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. Robocopy E:\USBImportantSuff c:\ImportantStuff /E /DST /FFT /XO /XJ Robocopy c:\ImportantStuff E:\USBImportantSuff /E /DST /FFT /XO /XJ If you already have a set of folders you want to sync, just put this on the desktop and. Test by changing various files and running your sync.bat This copy a file if it is "newer" than its partner file. Robocopy c:\temp\store2 c:\temp\store1 /E /DST /FFT /XO /XJ Robocopy c:\temp\store1 c:\temp\store2 /E /DST /FFT /XO /XJ Now put the following into a file called "snyc.bat" with these commands in one of the folders (so you sync your sync command) you will now have two folders "store1" and "store2" in your temp folder I clicked on your link but can't seem to figure it out. ![]() I supposed I could have it set to sync when both drives are plugged in but not worth it to me. So if one drive is always a newer version of the other and you use the correct options and arguments, all is well, but there's no practical safeguard, you just have to be careful. The problem is it's easy to get confused about which direction you're syncing in, and that can be fatal if you use the "delete" option or don't select the option to not update files that are newer on the receiver. The "server" (an old laptop) is Linux so I use rsync (I believe there is a free version for Windows) and plug one of the externals in to sync. I consider the 3.5" the "master" they're all USB. I have a desktop 3.5" external and three 2.5" portable externals. Just not happening for terabytes of data. And sometimes I find myself where he "internet" is throttled public internet or a one-bar cell connection. It's just too slow - well, my home side of it at least, although it's getting better. First you need to clarify if using the internet is NOT an option. ![]()
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