Re: [Evolution] sync

[Dan Hensley <dan hensley attbi com>]

On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 07:18, Martin Hajduch wrote:
> hi guys !
>
>
> > rsync is your friend:
>
> i don't think so
> if i would always add contacts only on one PC and would like to have it
> in sync with another then yes - rsync would be perfect
> but i want to work with both instances of evolution;
> just imagine the following situation: home pc and office pc, both
> running evolution, and i have local phone calls free of charge on sunday
> this means - i want to use this time to sync my evolutions, but during
> the week i could add new data two both home and office PCs ... if i do
> rsync, changes in one instance will be lost, won't they ?

Why don't you take a look at Unison.  It may do what you want.

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

Dan



> >   rsync is a file transfer program for Unix systems. rsync uses the
>
> exactly - rsync is a file transfer program ... it is more like rcp but
> with better bandwidth usage
> however - to sync two evolutions, i need to 'merge' them, not to
> transfer data from one of them to the other
>
> > > what about sync with any web office ?
> >
> > I am not sure what you mean by that.
>
> i have a web office on www.freenet.de; it has email box, contacts and
> calendar
> there was an application (a derivate of intellisync - palm users know
> it) which was able to sync ms outlook (also other apps but i was using
> outlook and i don't remember the others...) with this office
> so you could do this synce once a week and you would have your
> contacts&calendar accessible from any inet cafe
> is there any 'free' protocol to such sync (can ldap do that ?) ? is
> there any web office supporting such 'free' protocol ? - it's not a
> request, just a question ;-)
>
> regards,
> martin
>
>
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