best way to synchronize laptop and server?

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On October 19, 2005 14:01, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> 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.

Mandriva comes with draksync, which is a PyGTK front end to various 
tools, such as rsync.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
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