WAN access from 2 pane File manager

[Avraham Hanadari]

On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 08:15 +0300, Avraham Hanadari wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 08:51 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:51 AM, Avraham Hanadari <rufus at hanadari.net> wrote:
> > > I wish to sync/backup the contents of folders between Ubuntu 8.1 and a
> > > WinXP desktop machine. I have been doing this between a Vista laptop and
> > > the XP machine using GoodSync. Some of the syncing already goes through
> > > the GoogleDocs cloud, but I'd like a more direct link if possible. I've
> > > tried pcman, Gnome Commander, bsc, and XNC and none recognized the
> > > Windows Network already in place, although I have no difficulty
> > > accessing it outside of the named applications.
> > 
> > Are you manually mounting the Windows network? or just browsing thru Nautilus?
> > 
> > If you are using Nautilus then I think you will find your mount by
> > navigating to ~/.gvfs
> > In other words, mount the Windows network share using Nautilus as you
> > would normally, then
> > in pcman or Gnome Commander or whatever go to ~/.gvfs
> > 
> > You may want to look at Unison for this task as well,  I haven't used
> > it, but it often comes up as a solution.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> Thanks, Brian.
> I went to .gvfs via XNC, but it was empty. I did not encounter any
> request or possibility of mounting the network (called Windows shares).
> It just works. There is a pause, so maybe it is being mounted
> automatically when I click on the first icon. I then tried to locate it
> through Nautilus. It showed up (viewing hidden files), but when I tried
> the same thing with sudo, it didn't appear at all. I checked through all
> of the file system, via XNC and the Search Tool. Most curious.
> I'll check out Unison.
> Thanks again.
> Avraham
> 

Unison requires software to be installed on the Windows computer. I
don't want to complicate a good sync system among the Windows machines
(GoodSync), so I'll pass on that.
HOWEVER
When I opened the target folder on the WinMachine, it did get mounted
and was visible as you suggested in .gvfs in XNC.
We have liftoff!
Many thanks.
Avraham