10.10sync
I have a desktop and a laptop with almost the same files within their home directory. Sometimes I make changes in ~/Music, ~/Documents, etc. But these changes of course don't affect the other machine.
So I want to have a solution to sync all the data in the home folders of my laptop and desktop. I can connect them with cross cable once in a while.
I don't want to use Ubuntu One or Dropbox (the files are big, and there's no need to use the Internet when both are on a home network).
I think you do not need to add the generated (PDF, dvi or Postscript) files to the version control system; however it makes sense to copy them to a synced directory or other server. I usually make this sort of things with the make command.
I have a Makefile like this in the directory where the LaTeX files are (indents are tabs, not spaces). See GNU Make Manual.
%.pdf: %.tex
pdflatex $<
pdflatex $<
store_pdf:
cp example*.pdf path/to/synced_directory
upload_pdf:
scp example*.pdf user@server.name.com:path/to/directory
clean:
rm *.log *.aux *.nav *.vrb *.out *.snm *.toc
If you want to move the files to a synced directory or to a server where you have ssh access, you need to type:
make store_pdf
make upload_pdf
If you want to generate the example1.pdf from example1.tex, you need to type:
make example1.pdf
If you want to remove the files you do not need, you need to type:
make clean
From the control panel on the computer with the small disc you tell syncdaemon to no longer sync the folder you need to empty:
and then you can delete the folder and/or its contents without them being removed from Ubuntu One. If later the situation changes and you decide to re-enable sync, syncdaemon will do a “merge”, which should result in any new files in that folder getting added to the sync, but no deletions.
Best Answer
For a small set of files I'd suggest Dropbox or Ubuntu One, but it seems like you want to sync your music collection between computers, and neither of these are particularly suitable for that for two reasons:
Unison, which is what I use for local replication, has neither of these limitations (inherently). You can sync over your local network, meaning that it's fast (you can also sync over the internet if you wish), and can sync as much as you want — only limited by your available disc space and bandwidth. Unison has both a GUI and a terminal interface, meaning that you can use it on your desktop and server equally. There is a good guide on the Ubuntu wiki that you may wish to refer to if you choose to use Unison.