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rmcellig

I have a folder on SDA1 that I want to back up and sync to SDA2. What is the best tool for this. I just want to set it and forget it so that when I make a change to the folder on SDA1, the change will be made to the folder on SDA2 automatically.

Am I using the right tool because when I make a change to the SDA1 folder the update is not reflected in the SDA2 folder

musher0 · Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 10:03 Post subject:

Hello, rmcellig

I find jFileSync quite efficient for this. http://jfilesync.sourceforge.net/

It requires java, however. http://www.java.com/en/download/

Best regards.

disciple · Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 12:06 Post subject: Re: The right tool to sync folders

rmcellig · Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 12:56 Post subject:

Basically what I want to do is sync two folders at specified times of the day, like every 10 minutes, something like that.

What I want to do is test it with two sample folders and make sure it works before using it on my actual folders I want to sync.

I will be syncing a folder on my HD to a folder on my external USB drive once I figure all this out.

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 2527 Location: Ontario

With Puppy Backup and Pschedule it would be easy to mirror
two folders every 10 minutes.

Puppy backup has a feature -----> the command to
do the backup procedure is written out in a log .

So you just have to cut this line out of the log

and paste it in Zigbert's pschedule.

Note that only mirroring can be done by puppy backup.

Here's an example...

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rmcellig · Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 18:45 Post subject:

Thanks so much. That sounds like a really cool feature!