best way to synchronize laptop and server?

[Evan Leibovitch]

I have a laptop and a server, both running current Mandriva, and want 
top be able to synchronize two directory hierarchies.
After a while of the laptop being disconnected from the network, when I 
reconnect I can make sure that both systems contain current versions of 
files in these hierarchies.

When connected to the network, the laptop mounts the server directories 
using SMB (it's a mixed-client network).

There must be a better way to do this than  `cpio -p`. Freshmeat has a 
number of projects listed that seem to suit, but I'd like to know what 
people here are using.

Thanks for any suggestions.

- Evan
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