Syncing has been available on Linux since Mnemosyne 2.0 many years ago... Cheers,
Peter On February 18, 2014 10:15:41 PM CET, Joshua Muth <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I was disappointed to find the syncing feature was not available on the > >Ubuntu version. I did find a work-around tho. You need a windows shared > >drive (I used a server). You basically create an auto-mount so the >.mnemosyne directory is really on the smb server. This is really nice >because you can use a server that's always on so you can always get >your >files! If you don't know how do do this ill explain. I recommend >watching >this you tube video http://youtu.be/HNKNFwskz3A, but ill give a written > >tutorial below. > > >First, you open the terminal and type " sudo nano .smbcred " This will >create a hidden text file and you will be taken to the text editor. >Type >and replace whats in quotes with your credentials: > >username="your username on the smb server" > >password="your password on the smb server" > > >Now hit ctrl+x, hit y and you should be back at the command prompt. The > >next step is to type "sudo nano /etc/fstab" you should now be in a text > >editor and the file looks like this: > ># > ># Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a > ># device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name >devices > ># that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). > ># > ># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > >proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 > ># / was on /dev/sda5 during installation > >UUID=0eb03022-3bb0-49c3-a159-bad24166dc96 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 > ># swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation > >UUID=d4cbb36a-113a-4176-8418-7e8c535748d3 none swap sw 0 0 > > > Now under the # <file system> line add > > >//"yourserverip"/"thedirectorytosyncto" /home/"yourusername"/.mnemosyne > >cifs >uid="yourusername",Credentials=/home/"yourusername"/.smbcred,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntml > >0 0 > > >Just copy and paste what I typed above, and replace whats in quotes >with >your information (remove the quotes). Your almost done! Now hit ctrl+x >then >hit y and your back at the command line. Only three more things to do! >Type: > >sudo apt-get install cifs-utils > > > Hit enter and do whatever it asks. Now you need to type: > >sudo mount /home/"username"/.mnemosyne > > >Hit enter and if no errors pop up your almost done! Open the .mnemosyne > >folder (use file viewer and hit ctrl+h to show hidden folders), open >the >backups folder (or use previous backups) and open the most recent >folder >and extract the .xml file to the .mnemosyne directory. Go into >mnemosyne >and restore the backup and your done. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/6c4bad0e-0c38-4fc4-ad50-c756fc777542%40googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/ed580108-231a-42ce-b029-816c635d2814%40email.android.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
