On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 10:59 -0600, Dan Letkeman wrote: > I'm wondering if Rsync could be used for the following? > > 500 Notebooks, all users have a local directory where they work on > files, but they also use other workstations on the network and access > there files from the server. > > So what I would like to do is have rsync running on the notebooks, but > syncing the files according to date. Also, is there a way for the > notebook to "monitor" the local directory so when they save a file on > there notebook that it gets sent immediately to the mapped drive on > the server?
Rsync is primarily a one-way copying tool. You would probably be better served by a two-way synchronization tool such as Unison or, if immediate updates are important, a full-blown network filesystem. Matt -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
