sync to external drive SOLVED

[Peter Flynn]

On 15/11/17 17:30, Gary J. Kirkpatrick wrote:> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 
4:47 PM, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> 
>     Gary J. Kirkpatrick schreef op 15-11-2017 14:33:
> 
>     Thanks for the replies.  What I am looking for is to back up some
>     data files (images of my artwork- they are synced with Dropbox but I
>     also want a local copy).  So what I would like is each time I make a
>     change on my hard drive the change would be reflected on the backup
>     medium (I want to use the sd card).
> 
>     I am under the impression that a backup tool would not remove a file
>     from a back up device even if it is removed from the hard drive so I
>     used the term 'sync.'  Am I correct in this?  Cloud servers sync but
>     backup tools do not?

Yes, basically that's correct, but any good sync tool should provide an 
option NOT to delete from the external drive even if the file is deleted 
locally. Arguably that makes it not a true sync...

What you might consider is using a versioned repository like Subversion 
or Git.

///Peter