
Originally Posted by
peterb
I'm not clear in my own mind what it is you want to synchronise. If you have one central repository fotr the files (the server) you only ever edit those, from what ever machine you are working in (either over an NFS or SMB share) If you need to work away, just copy the file, work on it, and then copy it back - provided no-one else has worked on it in your absence. If tht is the case, you will need some form of version control (like CVS) - rsync and the like work at synchronising directories (it is a 'an intelligent copy' in a way) it doesn't synchronise different versions of the same file.