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How to get unison to back up an entire file system starting at /?
I'm using unison 2.52.1 both on my linux machine (Ubuntu version 20.04) and my Mac (MacOS version 11.7).
I want to use unison to back up my entire linux filesystem (excluding a few specific ...
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Is it possible to sync directory between two computers without direct connection through small intermediate storage device?
I would like to one way synchronise big directory between two machines without direct connection. Either using some cloud storage (without computing power) connected to both machines or an ...
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Synchronize two folders over sftp?
I have a cloned git repository in a directory and a sftp server, I want the server to be in sync with my repository.
I've been trying multiple Atom/Sublime Text plugins with no luck, they only upload ...
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Rsync: Mirror only certain directories based on presence of dotfile
I have a large amount of files on a server and I have a partial mirror of these files on my Mac (i.e. only some folders exist in the mirror). I would like to have a sync from the Mac to server using ...
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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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Sync Folder between Linux and Mac
I have an always-on Linux box in the cloud. On that machine, there are some files I would like to (bidirectionally!) sync to my local machine - my iMac (running 10.8).
The files I would like to sync ...
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Unison -repeat watch will only sync when a change is made client side
I have 3 computers, two clients (A,B), and one central server (C), that they both connect to via Unison/ssh, folders are set to -repeat watch so that changes are sent to the server as soon as they are ...
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Watch Filesystem in Real Time on OS X and Ubuntu
I'm looking for a CLI tool which will watch a directory and spit out the names of files that change in real time.
some_watch_command /path/to/some/folder | xargs some_callback
I'm aware of inotify (...
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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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Sync server and client
Maybe I should start with the problem:
I work as a part-time consultant developing webpages, both back end and front end.
When developing a back end application I'm using a server running ubuntu ...
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