rsync isn't the tool for this job. The best-suited tool (aside from a distributed filesystem) is unison, available at http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ Good luck.
Tim Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] 303.682.4917 office, 303.921.0301 cell Philips Semiconductor - Longmont TC 1880 Industrial Circle, Suite D Longmont, CO 80501 Available via SameTime Connect within Philips, caesupport2 on AIM "There are some who call me.... Tim?" "Seemueller, Andreas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/17/2002 12:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) Subject: Using rsync for two-waz-synchronisation Classification: Hello, is there any way to use rsync for two-way-syncronisation? I want to use it to keep the data on two hosts consistent. Sometimes one of this hosts (sometimes the first, sometimes the second) changes its location. If the two hosts are at the same location I want automatically rsync them. The data only changes at one hosts but it is not defined on which host it changes. For example: I have this structure on host 1: /Desktop /Pictures /blabla test.txt info.txt If rsync from host 1 to host 2, host2 has the same structure. This are my options: rsync -e "ssh -1" -a --delete --exclude "lost+found" /somepath somehost:/somepath If I create a file on host 1 and run rsync again the file is also on host 2. But: If I create a file on host 2 and run rsync on host 1 the file is deleted on host 2. If I use -u instead of --delete files that changed on host 2 are not overwritten but they are also not copied to host 1. I want to have the same files on both hosts by running rsync as cronjob on one host. with kind regards -- Andreas Seemüller EADS Deutschland GmbH European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Business Unit Military Aircraft MT641 - Simulationsanlagen 81663 München Tel. +49 (89) 607-22809 Fax +49 (89) 607-22491 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html