Re: File merging

2001-09-14 Thread rsync
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 07:28:46PM -0800, Britton wrote: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Andy Goth wrote: > > > Can rsync be made to merge files? For instance, could I synchronize mboxes > > between multiple computers, even though they're all changing? > > Not if they are changing simultaneously. You c

Re: File merging

2001-09-13 Thread Britton
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Andy Goth wrote: > On Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:28, you wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Andy Goth wrote: > > > Can rsync be made to merge files? For instance, could I synchronize > > > mboxes between multiple computers, even though they're all changing? > > > > Not if

Re: File merging

2001-09-13 Thread Martin Pool
On 13 Sep 2001, Andy Goth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll avoid simultaneous changes, then, by remembering (or automating) updates > before switching computers. I could probably do this pretty easily as some > sort of an eth0-up script. > > > On the other hand, if only one system changes at

Re: File merging

2001-09-13 Thread Martin Pool
On 13 Sep 2001, Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Andy Goth wrote: > > > Can rsync be made to merge files? For instance, could I synchronize mboxes > > between multiple computers, even though they're all changing? > > Not if they are changing simultaneously. You can'

Re: File merging

2001-09-13 Thread Andy Goth
On Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:28, you wrote: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Andy Goth wrote: > > Can rsync be made to merge files? For instance, could I synchronize > > mboxes between multiple computers, even though they're all changing? > > Not if they are changing simultaneously. You can't do tha

Re: File merging

2001-09-13 Thread Britton
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Andy Goth wrote: > Can rsync be made to merge files? For instance, could I synchronize mboxes > between multiple computers, even though they're all changing? Not if they are changing simultaneously. You can't do that at all, without a distributed filesystem with locking.