[ltp] Syncing various data with a desktop (configs, bookmarks and such)

[Ross Burton]

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On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 01:45, Tom von Schwerdtner wrote:
> 1) I'd like to be able to sync some key items, such as my Epiphany
> bookmarks and maybe my ~/Graphics/ or ~/Documents/ directories.

Unison does exactly what you want, very well.

> 2) I'd like to be able to have some automagic mounting going on with my
> laptop when it is booted on my home network.  I'm not sure where to
> start with this but I would at very least like my laptop to auto-mount
> some share directories if it can figure out that it is running on my
> home network.  Ideally, I'd like my desktop to mount my laptop when the
> laptop boots on the network.

I use ifplugd and guessnet on Debian to detect the cable being inserted
(ifplugd) and work out where I am (guessnet).  Then write some scripts
which examine the variables set (my per-interface configuration writes a
file to /tmp containing the location) and does the right thing.

Ross
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