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How to keep two local hard drives in sync on Linux?
I have an old hard drive and basically clone it to a new hard drive using Grsync or Timeshift. Because the older hard drive is likelier to fail, I'd like to use the newer one as my in-use hard drive ...
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Remote sync without rsync
My setup is as follows:
Two Linux machines running Debian 9
A "storage box" on the internet rented from a cloud hosting company. This box can only be accessed via the SFTP, Samba and WebDAV protocols ...
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How can I intelligently sync directories on Linux?
I have two directories on my Linux system that I want to sync. Most of the contents of these directories are the same, however some files differ:
Directory A contains:
File 1
File 2
File 4
File 5
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How to synchronize two directories (on external harddrives with Linux), recognizing file movements?
I have two directories, on being a copy of the other. In my case, each directory is on its own external harddrive, but what I want to do should be universally applicable to two should-be-identical ...
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Linux: sync/merge two (or more) directories, but keep older file versions?
got alotta help throughout the time just by simply scrolling and crawling through the vast landscape of qualified answers here from you, now's the time to ask my first question and it looks rather ...
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One way sync with either Dropbox or Google drive on linux and windows
I could not google this one. I would like to use Dropbox or Google drive only as backup, so I would like to ensure I only upload to those services and never download (unless done manually via the web ...
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Synchronizing and Backing Up From OS X To Ubuntu
Last weekend I set up a small personal file server where I store most of my files. The server runs Ubuntu 13.10.
For the purposes of accessing and reading/writing most files, this server works fine. ...
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Keeping config files synced in an encfs-encrypted dropbox
I using my Dropbox to sync my config files on different machines. In addition my Dropbox is synced with encfs. encfs mounts a volume with the decrypted Dropbox-folder on startup. This process takes a ...
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Best synchronization tool for UNIX [closed]
I often find myself working on an out-dated version of a document, because I previously edited it on my MacBook and now I'm on my Mac Pro.
I'm looking for a tool to help me synchronize this as ...
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How do I keep folders synced and backed up between two macs using a Linux NAS (rsync?)
I've got two primary computers, one Mac Pro and one MacBook Pro for when I'm on the go. I've also got a Linux sever which also acts as NAS.
Currently I backup the entire computers to an external ...
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One-way syncing/backup with Unison
I'm using the syncing tool Unison with my Mac OSX and Ubuntu 9.10 machines to backup my music from Mac to Ubuntu. The thing is, I want to have my Mac be the source and Ubuntu be the target so that the ...
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Sync remote folders on Linux
What is the simplest way to unidirectional incremental syncing of a folder present on a Linux system.
+1 for using the command line.
+2 for not using rsync (Seems to have some problems on my system.)
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