[REBOL] Re: File synchronization
From: maarten:koopmans:surfnet:nl at: 29-Nov-2002 15:40
Gabriele,
And now you use Rugby to do it over the internet. Isn't that IOS ;-)
--Maarten
Gabriele Santilli wrote:
> [This is a resend... dunno why the first time it didn't arrive. If
> it did to you, please accept my apologies for the duplicate.]
>
> Hello all,
>
> I just "finished" (meaning that now it is almost usable :-) a
> script to sync two dirs (I use it to sync the REBOL dir between my
> desktop PC and my laptop). The GUI is probably awful (and
> beta-depended, sorry Carl :-( ), but it is a start.
>
> What it does: it asks you the two dirs you want to sync. It then
> scans them to find all the differences. (This process can take
> time, and there is no progress bar, so be patient please --- or
> add a progress bar to it. :-)
>
> It then displays a list to let you decide the action to take on
> files that are missing or that have been modified (only the
> modification date is checked). The default is to copy any modified
> file over the old one and add any new file to where it is missing;
> so if you leave the list alone and just click on "Do it!" it will
> just do that.
>
> But you can also click on the list items to toggle the action.
> Basically for each item you can select between the default "copy"
> action, the "leave it alone" action (i.e. do nothing on that
> file), and the "delete" or "restore" action (depending on the
> file). If the file is missing on one of the two directories, you
> can this way delete it from where it is present; if the file is
> modified but you want to restore the old version, you can by
> selecting the "restore" option. (I think it is easier to try it
> out than to explain it.)
>
> This can be useful to backup your data files to another drive or
> so; you can easily keep the backup up to date by synching it every
> day or so.
>
> I hope it can be useful. Also, I hope someone with more free time
> than me can make a better GUI for it. :-)
>
> Regards,
> Gabriele.
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