I use unison from command line to sync files between pc's, backup server and mounted devices. Internally, if I remember me right, it's uses rsync.
Ask HN: How do you keep your work and home machine in sync?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you keep your work and home machine in sync?
#12https://superuser.com/questions/31512/how-to-synchronize-the...
rsync would be good for small file size. If you were to sync for big files then you need a pretty good internet connection, like syncing 1GB file on a 10 MB would take under 15 mins.
You need for every tool a good internet connection, if you need to sync big files. rsync is pretty good for big files because of possible compression, awareness of hardlinks and partial transfer. On top you have PKI and encryption.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep your work and home machine in sync?
#13Shared bookmarks are most important to me so I use Pinboard.in and GetPocket on each computer. For documents I use MicroSoft OneCloud or whatever its called today. And lastly, my fav, is I have a SanDisc SD Plus Ultra II that lays very flat in my wallet yet opens to a USB. Love it.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep your work and home machine in sync?
#14I leave my work laptop at work. After work I go to the pub, or a cafe, or to my apartment, and live life. Sometimes I work on personal projects, but _never_ on my work machine, and _never_ at work (the nature of invention assignment agreements makes this prudent). Don't work for free.
I like this answer, but sometimes I work from home. When I know this will be the case, I use dropbox to sync relevant files.
I have also used dropbox in remote locations, to keep a team synced up. It works ok, but works best if you keep a separate working directory (so saves don't automatically generate a sync to cloud).
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep your work and home machine in sync?
#15I keep work and personal projects separate.
Despite that, all my code is in git so it is synced wherever and whenever I need it, as long as I am disciplined about pushing to my central repo.
There is some data that I use on both home and work machines (vim config, bashrc, etc.) and that is in an "environment" git repository so it is easily syncable.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep your work and home machine in sync?
#16I just work in the Dropbox folder itself. I.e I do not drag and drop at the end of the day - the code and/or documents live permanently in the Dropbox folder. I truly wished I could selectively eliminate files (don't duplicate .pyc files, or whatever), but it works. A nice benefit is how dropbox keeps backups of everything. A couple of times a stupid moment at the keyboard led me to blowing away a file before checking it in. No problem, Dropbox had it versioned.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep your work and home machine in sync?
#17I'm personally not a big fan of working from home at night. However, at times, I have to work from home due to personal reasons and hence the questions.
Thanks for sharing your current solutions.