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Re: [LUG] Offline Files in Linux

 

Dave wrote:

> I may be missing the blindingly obvious here (probably!) but the one feature
> I do like in Windoze in Offline Files (although you have to pay an arm and a
> leg to get a Version which supports it).
> 
> I know that it is simply a cache of files which are copied off the Network
> before close down but it is the seamless facility of having a particular
> drive and its files available when you are not connected to the Network
> (thinking of Laptops here by the way).
> 
> Is there a way to replicate this functionality in Linux? - I am aware of
> Synching tools such as RSync but not sure that quite fits since wouldn't the
> drive be different when offline?

unison?  http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

James

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