Questions tagged [synchronization]
Use this tag when the topic is related to coordinating systems to have the same data or state or time. It can be part of redundancy.
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Unison - Ignore Path, File, Name
I have unsion installed on two servers, server1.local and server2.local. The config file is stored on server1.local.
I can successfully sync the files between the two servers. However, I have a path ...
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How to sync contacts between a GNU Linux desktop and an Android smartphone?
I currently use Google Contacts to manage my contacts on Android and PC (web app). But I'm trying to get rid of Google for FOSS solutions (I already replaced Gmail and Google Agenda).
The first step ...
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RPM upgrade two servers with same packages on different days
I have two servers called test and prod and they have exactly the same packages installed.
On day 1 I dnf upgrade server test and then test if the installation vent good.
If the test vent good I do an ...
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PTP time syncing not working, why its always selecting best master clock as local clock?
I am trying to sync the time with PTP; I've configured the Trimble device with PTP. However, when I use LinuxPTP with the below configuration, the local clock is always selected as the best master ...
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chrony immediate time sync
Running RHEL-8.9 I have a handful+ servers in a computer lab, which do not have an internet connection and [currently] have no means of fetching any kind of stratum-0 type time. We therefore manually ...
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Bash frequently fails to redirect stdout to a file (from cat)
I commonly append to text files using cat:
cat >> FILE
I use an alias to avoid accidentally overwriting the file (with a single >):
alias a='cat >>'
Enter changes the line and Ctrl + ...
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Rsync with multiple wildcards
How can I rsync all files of multiple types from a remote server? E.g. I want to rsync all pdf's and png's from a folder on the server.
This raises a syntax error: rsync REMOTE_SERVER:REMOTE_PATH/{*....
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Why using Grsync to synchronize pendrives in opensuse leap 15.5 , when I insert them in a windows10 OS they are seen as corrupted even if they work?
When I use grsync in opensuse leap 15.5 to synchronize pendrives, it works perfectly , only when I insert one of those pendrives in a windows10 OS they are seen as corrupted and a correction is ...
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How to rescan/rebuild /dev/sdx after "raw" dd restoration [duplicate]
I'd like to know how to request Linux to update /dev/sdx after doing a "raw" dd restoration of a whole hard disk partitions ?
I have to use dd instead of sfdisk to restore the partition ...
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How do you synchronize files with partially failed download using rsync?
I'm trying to synchronize literally thousands of files of various sizes and I would like to have a 1:1 copy of the files. That means that already present files should be checked for their integrity ...
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How to syncronize credentials in a small laboratory? (very slim alternative to ldap)
We run a small lab with 20 Linux systems (RaspberryPI, NAS, Desktop PCs) for research with 4 scientists who all need sudo permissions.
We trust all 4 users as they have sudo permission and physical ...
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Copy new files (or their hard links) to new location with other folder structure and with new name
I hope someone can advise me on a very tedious, repeating task. My university uses Moodle as its eLearning and file exchanging platform. So every now and then our tutors upload new files, that I have ...
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A fast way to sync local files with Proton Drive? (here exploring rclone)
I want to create a sync system between newly available Proton Drive and my local filesystem. However, since it's very new, it's only barely supported by rclone (I'm lucky to be on openSUSE Tumbleweed ...
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Best way to run unison with rclone: several configs in parallel or all in one?
I'm using rclone to mount my cloud (Proton Drive, new arrival) on openSUSE Tumbleweed. I want to sync my local files with the mounted files via unison.
I've never used unison before, so I have two big ...
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Rsync transactions?
I use rsync to move changes in my data between two computers. I do backup of data dir from PC2 to usb stick and than I insert usb stick to PC1 and run rsync to update data dir on PC1 according to data ...
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