[Scottish] Re: Syncing data between computers

[Will Partain]

Aidan Skinner <aidan at velvet.net> writes:

> I recently acquire a laptop. I have some data that I want to sync
> between it and my desktop (mostly bulk stuff like pictures and
> documents, which isn't in cvs), but I can't just do my entire home
> directory. 

I'd recommend Unison; it's for exactly this sort of thing.
Written by a type theorist (and friends :-).  Windows/Unix
cross-compatible.
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

Will