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Two-way rsync results in oscillating content
I am trying to sync content between two servers. The servers are identical builds (Ubuntu 12.04LTS) and have this cron job running to sync the content:
rsync -arzc --update --delete ...
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Syncronising Calendar and Contacts between Thunberbird and Android using Linux Software
I am looking for software to sync my Calendar and my Contacts between Thunderbird, my Android phones and probably other clients like KDEs Kalendar and Kontacts. I want to have both parts available ...
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How to auto-sync with a plugged-in USB mass storage device?
I have (at the moment) three mobile USB mass storage devices (flash drive, phone, e-reader). I'd like to always have the latest versions of all my files with me (such as CV, passport, research papers, ...
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How does mdraid resync work?
I have two drives in a mirror (linux sw raid/mdadm); one drive somehow left the mirror in the past and its content is now several days old. At this moment, I'm using degraded mirror (with one drive ...
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Most Efficient way to back up/sync large directories over SSH
I'm looking to back up some large directories on a Dedicated Server to another Server on a daily basis using minimal bandwidth
RSync looks like its up to the task but I'm unsure of the best command ...
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How can I synchronize processes started in different TMUX panes?
Consider this:
tmux split-window -d program1
program2 # this program depends on some side effects produced by program1
In this case, program2 will start before program1 is ready. program1 will send ...
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Note taking app that can sync both android and Linux
I've been looking high and low for an Evernote alternative for Linux. I know I can use Everpad or Evernote in WINE but they don't work natively.
Any note-taking app would be fine as long as it can ...
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Best way to download dropbox folders to raspberry Pi
I'm trying to sync some folders to raspberry Pi.
For now, I have a script that gets the dropbox folders using curl that runs every so often using cron (once every hour for most of the folders).
I'm ...
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Syncing multiple home folders with dropbox and symlinks
To keep multiple computers synced with dropbox I tried the following.
Approach A.
-Computer 1: Install dropbox, dropbox folder: /Dropbox/
-Computer 1: Create symbolic link in that folder to home ...
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Why can an unpriviliged user execute the `sync` command?
Currently on Ubuntu Linux, but I noticed this on other OS's too. Apparently any user can execute the sync command, but why is this? I can only see the disadvantage: system slow down due to unnecessary ...
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Rsync — Itemized List of Changes
I've learned that with the -i option, I can get rsync to list all the changes it makes. I've been using it along with the -n or --dry-run options so that I can always learn about all expected changes ...
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Synchronize the files from One folder of a Server to other
I need a script in which Files of One server will be copied to other folder of another server ONLY AND ONLY IF the file on SOURCE SERVER file doesn't exist on DESTINATION SERVER.
Further Detail
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syncing two maildirs
I have a server that I use to frequently get email from Google using offlineimap. the email is stored in a maildir format on this server.
What tool can I use to sync this maildir with the local ...
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rsync list of files in sub-directories to remote server and delete extraneous
I haven't been able to find the answer to this one. I have tried all kinds of combinations of --include, --exclude, -r, --delete-excluded, and source directory.
This is what I'm trying to accomplish:
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Music management software that sync playlists onto Android device
I am trying to find a music management software that can sync playlists onto my Android phone running Cyanogenmod 9. BTW, this handset does not have an Internet connection.
Specifically, I want the ...
