If you use kmail or kontact on both machines, it has its own way of keeping in sync. When in the calander or addressbook part of kontact, you can add a resource. The resource type imap simply creates an adddress and calander folder on your imap account. In these folders it stores vcards and ical files. The only problem is that you: a) need an imap account b) need to be online
Kmail/Kontact supports a wide range resource types that are worth investigating (beyond a mere LDAP server). Keep an eye on the open exchange project for an example. Cheers On February 5, 2005 12:02 am, Shawn wrote: > I think I solved this, with a little help from Jesse at the meeting where > we checked out the kde directories for Kontact. (Thanks Jesse.) > > It turns out the calendar information (schedule/todo, etc.) is stored in a > file at ~/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/std.ics (default calendar). You can > point to this file to "merge" it's entries into your own calendar > (File/Import/Merge Calendar). Or I guess you can just replace the current > calendar file, if you know which one is the most recent and changes have > only been made to one of them. > > So in the short term, there are a couple of options: > 1. Manually merge the calendars when needed. > or > 2. Script an rsync routine to replace the calendar file (potential data > loss if both files have been updated). > > I'd still like to trigger Kontact's merge routine from a script, but at > least I have something to get started. > > WRT the contacts, the address book supports exporting all contacts to a > vcard file, and importing vcard files. So the options here are similar to > the calendar sync options. The contact data seem to be stored in > ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf. > > These methods are much much simpler than centralizing your contacts / > calendar on an LDAP server - at least for a simple one laptop, one desktop > setup. > > Hope this helps someone. > > Shawn > > On Monday 31 January 2005 21:36, Shawn wrote: > > The problem is that the laptop may be disconnected from the network, but > > still need this information. That's fine, if I want to manually > > export/import the contacts. But this can get tedious, especially if I > > add contacts while away from the network - there's a potential to > > inadvertently loose this info. So I'm wondering if there is an easier > > way to keep the two instances synchronized, yet allow the laptop to be > > off network for > > arbitrary periods > > > of time. I'm sure I can set up an LDAP server for my contacts to > > alleviate this, but there will be times where Interent connectivity just > > isn't available. > > > > I'll be building an rsync routine to sync some other files (documents, > > work files, etc.). Is there some way to programatically trigger an > > export of the data, then trigger an import? The transfer of the files > > should be relatively straight forward... I know there are similar tools > > for PDAs, do any work with laptops? > > > > Or is there a better method to keep select files/resources synched > > between a laptop and a desktop? Thanks for any tips. > > > > Shawn > > -- No trees were harmed in the transmission of this message, however a large number of electrons were seriously inconvenienced.
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