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Hi, |
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I've been looking around for a while now for some sort of "shared file system" |
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which might meet my needs a little better than that which I am currently |
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using. |
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I regularly use two different computers (desktop and laptop) for the same work |
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and have always had a network (samba) drive mounted from a server box in |
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order to be able to have one "documents repository" for all three machines. |
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This works fine, so long as I am connected to the network (or at a push, the |
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internet via ssh and fuse), but it leaves me at a loss whilst I am working |
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from the laptop and not able to be connected. There is also the added |
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negative point that when I am not on a fast connection, working on a network |
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drive can slow things down quite a bit. |
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For a while, I have been getting around this by using rsync on a seperate |
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directory, which I keep mirrored between all three machines. I have a simple |
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shell script which will "check out" the files from the server to the local |
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machine and another which will "check them back in" when I have finished |
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working with them. The basic idea is to use something like |
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rsync -rvzu --delete <rest of command> |
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This does work, though I have to remember to check them back in before I |
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finish. Once, I forgot and the script deleted all the changes. Also, it is |
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quite inflexible and I just know that I am going to trip up by having various |
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versions of the files on different computers. |
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So... what I am looking for is some kind of file system a bit like IMAP is for |
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mail, which will keep the files synchronised with each other (preferably |
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automatically, or via a cron job or something) but also maintain a local copy |
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of the files so that I can unplug from the network, carry on working and plug |
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back in later - all seamlessly. |
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Does anyone know of anything like this, or can make a recommendation? |
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Alternatively, is it possible to mount a filesystem over a disconnected IMAP |
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connection (perhaps using fuse) in a similar way to with mail? Is this a daft |
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idea? |
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Many thanks, |
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Pete. |
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