Sync with windows computer

[rikona]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2019 09:02:31 +0000
Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 08:11:12AM +0530, ihaider at gmx.com wrote:
> >    On 28 Nov 2019, 04:11 +0530, P. Echols <p.echo926 at gmail.com>,
> > wrote:  
> > >      My desktop runs 16.04 LTS, It has a large folder of work
> > > related documents. I have another computer running Wondows 10
> > > that has the same folder. these have been kept in sync by my
> > > backup service, SpiderOak One. I like SpiderOak, but when it has
> > > the occasional glitch, the synck can be delayed by hours or days.
> > > Not good for business!
> > >      I want to manually sync the folders, then share the folder
> > > so both are
> > >      using the same one. I've done similar on multiple linux
> > > boxes. The sync was done by rsync over ssh.
> > >      Does anyone know of a way to do the same when a windows box
> > > is in the mix?  
> >
> >    You could try syncthing.
> >   
> Do you mean you want to rsync the folders just once and then actually
> share the folder (using CIFS/SAMBA) or do you mean that you want to
> run rsync at intervals to share the folder?
> 
> I think you can get rsync clones for windows can't you?

Yes. I use grsync on both Ubuntu and Windows - works well for data
backups between the two. I think you can set it to a "sync" function so
that both can contain the same info, but I have not tried that. Also, I
have not tried it as a total hardware restore with OS etc.

> I use both rsync and syncthing, both very useful but they do different
> jobs really.  Syncthing takes a little while to set up (though it's
> far from difficult) but works really well.  One issue with syncthing
> is that you have to keep the installed versions in step.
>