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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.

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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What is a good tool to sync two computers

At home I've got a pc tower running arch linux. Recently I also acquired laptop for on the road, but I'd like to be working on the pc tower when I'm at home. Now I'm pretty sensitive as to how my machine is configured (that's why I need the laptop,…
romeovs
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How to bring 2 HDDs on sync?

I've 2 HDDs where I save the backups. Sometimes, what happened I backed up in one and missed backing it up on the other one. As a result, there are some data in one which is not in another and some other data in the another which is not in the…
Ravi
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Is there a tool that can sync 2 folders on two systems?

Something that can really keep 2 folders synced, not like rsync which is more or less just an advanced cp. I need to achieve this: Have two systems s1 and s2, and folder "files" on both of them. I need to make it so that when user "John" log on s1,…
Petr
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Automatically keep 2 files in sync

Is there any way to have 2 files of the same name in different folders, and any time a change is made to one of the files, the same change is automatically implemented in the other?
Pratyush Das
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SyncEvolution: "Comparison was impossible" and no CardDav sync anymore

I have an Ubuntu phone and it use syncevolution as backend for the contacts. I use command lines to have my CardDav contacts on my phone. But since I switched from self signed certificate to letsencrypt (related or not), I have tons of errors. $…
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Why does btsync core dump with "!directory.empty()" error when started?

When I start BitTorrent Sync (btsync x64 build) 1.4.110 on a fresh install of Fedora 21, using a configuration file known to work on a different system, I get this perplexing error message: $ btsync --config /home/user/.btsync.conf btsync:…
Steve HHH
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How to sync multiple Palm PDA devices?

I am using a Palm Tungsten E2 PDA which I sync to a linux machine via jpilot. jpilot is kind of ugly but it works and it is sufficient to look up things on the computer. Now I want to sync the same data to a 'backup' Palm PDA (m150). First tests…
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Copy directory recursively only if on target the file exists and only if newer than target

How can we copy file and/or directory only if on target the file exists and only if it is newer than on target, and for the directory case it must recursively copy with such capability as $ ls -a ~/.config gtk-2.0/ gtk-3.0/ …
user480483
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Sync Data between 2 linux machines through SFTP

We have Linux Machine 1 - Directory1 (include all sub directories and files) We have Linux SFTP Machine 2 - Directory2 (include all sub directories and files) I am looking for a solution / tool which can keep both directories in ABSOLUTE sync using…
LifterBecks
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