[plug] [OT] File Sync for Client

[James Devenish]

In message <414E0CAB.1000702 at tigris.org>
on Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 06:48:11AM +0800, Tim White wrote:
> One of my clients is currently trying to use offline folders (Windows) 
> to sync files between his Workstation and Laptop. He also from time to 
> time uses a thumbdrive to work on the files at other locations.
> Is there some GNU utility that he can use on Windows and Linux computers 
> to do 2 way sync of his files. It is over Network and removable media. 
> If it is a nice little executable that can be run off the thumbdrive 
> then all the better as we can't install some service. It is also on 
> different networks so can't have a central server.

If it were me, I'd be using the Unison GUI on-demand with socket mode
<http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/> (actually, I'd use SSH
mode, but that's only because I already have SSH daemons running).