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Subject:    Re: [novalug] April Topics
From:       gregory j pryzby <gjp () valinux ! com>
Date:       2001-03-31 17:38:31
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On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 12:35:37PM -0500, E. Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> 
> I have a topic I could potentially speak about depending upon the
> interest level.  It is not specifically Linux-related, but it is
> probably interesting and relevant to a large cross-section of the
> people who come to meetings.
> 
> I developed some software several years ago called qsync (which I have
> been intending to release somewhere) for keeping my files synchronized
> across multiple locations.  My home directory or various pieces of it
> are replicated in many locations, and I keep things synchronized
> automatically with this tool.  It's sort of a power-user tool --
> configuration file-driven, no GUI, etc., but it seems quite far ahead
> of other packages I've come across that do similar things (though I've
> never used another package so I can't say for sure).  It's quite
> powerful and easy to use once you get it configured.  It can support
> various modes of operation such as reconciling live file systems,
> doing bidirectional synchronization when the sites can't see each
> other, and doing unidirectional synchronization when you can't pass
> files in both directions.  It can also handle n-way synchronization
> (such as synchronization my home system with my laptop, my laptop with
> my work system, and my work system with my home system).  The software
> is true to the UNIX spirit -- it consists of a few small tools that do
> well-defined operations which makes it useful for more than just what
> I've described.  One of the things I use it for is to get a list of
> exactly what files have been changed by a specific operation such as a
> software installation.
> 
> I could present the software, show examples of how to configure it,
> and even demonstrate it live if there would be enough interest.

sounds good!

> On an unrelated note, I also have a bunch of somewhat old
> systems/cases in varying degrees of workingness that I'd like to get
> rid of.  These are all in AT cases.  Sometimes it's just a case,
> sometimes it's a case with a motherboard that may have some problems
> (like serial ports don't work, one PCI slot is bad, etc.), etc. --
> mostly, these systems could be salvaged for parts or supplemented to
> build a full system.  I just don't have time to test them and they're
> taking up valuable storage space.  I also have a bag of 72-pin SIMMs
> and a handful of Pentium CPUs that I'd be willing to donate, sell, or
> trade.
> 
> I was going to throw them in the back of my station wagon and bring
> them to the meeting Saturday anyway, so I was planning to attend this
> one.  (I attend meetings sporadically -- I've been to about four or
> five in the past year.)

Great!

-- 
gregory j pryzby < gjp at valinux dot com >
Herbivores ate well because their food didn't ever run!
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