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Need to make all the timestamps on local files match their corresponding ftp hosted file's timestamp

I screwed up and downloaded ~10GB worth of files from my offsite backup location (ftp server) without checking the 'preserve timestamp' option in the client. The PC with the local files is a netbook ...
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CentOS server for filesyncing [closed]

I am gonna be setting up a CentOS server for filesyncing and whatnot... is there a particular server (or kind of server) that I should buy which is better for these purposes?
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database sync across servers in SQL 2008R2

as we are in the process of expanding of businees, now we are stepping a ahead to add few more datacenter, now we have a requirement where we need to sync the production database with other ...
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Rsync : copying over timestamps only

Currently I have two directories A/ and B/ which are identical in every respect, with the exception of the timestamps. Therefore if I run the command : rsync --dry-run -crvv A/ B/ then all files ...
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Watching for Unison errors

We've implemented a folder sync across two servers sitting in two different data centres using Unison. It's crucial for us that this folder sync work as expected as our SLAs depend on the data being ...
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Sync Local Folder to FTP

I'm looking for an app I can put on my local server that will take files from C:\Source to a folder on my remote FTP Server every hour. I was looking at rsync and it looked perfect until it told me I ...
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How to sync 2 linux servers

I've got the problem that I don't know a lot about server administration and right now we've got 2 Servers behind a load balancer and I need to sync the htdocs folders from apache. I think the ...
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iPhone calendar sync with Exchange 2010

I have an iPhone user that just recently noticed that his iPhone calendar changes are now overwriting any changes made in Outlook. I checked and didn't see any config settings on the iPhone for ...
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Is it a good idea to sync backups from win server 2008 with Live Mesh

I've read at http://haacked.com/archive/2011/11/19/specs-for-haacked-com.aspx that Phil Haack uses MS Live Mesh to synch some backups to his home pc. Aside from the 2GB single file size limit, is it ...
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HT Link Sync Error after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Installation

Update 1 I just assembled an exact replica of this server, and successfully installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS in a RAID10 configuration. The success was confirmed by a login to the initial account. There ...
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Better folder structure for 1-6mil files?

I'm doing a bit of development work for a start up, and have been asked to work on the directory structure for all the content being served and the scalability of the host servers(load balancing, ...
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WordPress MU with multiple Servers; wordpress won't show media-files; Syncing things

yesterday I have seted up a wordpress "clutser". Two Front/Backend Servers for Nginx and PHP One Database Server on all there is installed memcached I have a internal network, so no authenticate ...
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Easiest way to sync two folders

What's the easiest way to sync the contents of a folder on a Mac OSX machine with another folder on a Linux server? You can use scp: scp -r /path/to/folder/ username@IP_ADDRESS:/path/to/sync/with ...
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Bidirectional real-time sync of large file tree between two distant linux servers

By large file tree I mean about 200k files, and growing all the time. A relatively small number of files are being changed in any given hour though. By bidirectional I mean that changes may occur on ...
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Can I Use a VCS to sync/merge text files between a desktop and an android device or USB drive?

I tried to use Bazaar in Ubuntu to push/merge onto a MS-DOS (FAT) partition (like a USB-mounted Android device) to keep all my code and notes synced up. On Ubuntu with the device mounted as a USB ...
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Thunderbird contacts sync

i work in a small office company and using thunderbird on all workstations, i've been searching for a solution of an address book that can be synced around the office and on an web-based application ...
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Why are CentOS RAID-1/mirror partitions syncing multiple times?

I'm setting up a CentOS 5.6 server, using Kickstart. I have four disk drives, sda-sdd. These are the relevant Kickstart lines: clearpart --linux --drives=sda,sdb,sdc,sdd --initlabel part raid.11 ...
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Synchronizing local mysql database with remote one with a script or automatically?

Is there a way to sync a MySQL database with a remote one either automatically or with a script? The data is not time sensitive, but I don't want to have to export it out of the local database and ...
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How does one make sure or even guarantee server time are sync correctly between dozens of servers across multiple datacenter on different location?

Currently our web applications contain a logic to check if the data sent to the web server is expired or not by comparing the timestamp of the data with the date/time of the server. Everything goes ...
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Tsyncd Configuration Error - Syncing Files on Two Servers

I'm having an issue configuring Tsyncd to work properly. Tsyncd: http://tsyncd.sourceforge.net/ This is the error I get: [root@linode ~]# tsyncd -c /etc/tsyncd.conf -e /etc/tsyncd.exports [WARNING] ...
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How can I synchronize effectively a large directory containing lots of photos between 3 LAN / different OS hosts?

This would be working between Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Windows 7 and Windows XP? I would like to achieve something like Dropbox service, but only in local network. What I currently use: Ubuntu has the ...
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Compare & Copy missing files from identical directory on Remote Server

I have a development server on which I want to keep certain data directories in sync with the live server. Any files in these directories which exist on the live server, but not on the dev server, I ...
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sync local OSX with remote linux server using ftp via shell script

I would like to sync a local folder on my Mac to a remote ftp server. I only want to upload files changed since last sync. I would also like to download new and modified files from the server. Is ...
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synchronize files between remote sftp location and local

I am facing a quite familiar problem but have no clear idea on how to handle it. I'm a backend developer and i write my applications using Zend Studio. My employer requires me to work on a remote ...
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How i can use unison to sync. files of folder with the latest modification time?

I try Unison. It's two-way file synchronization software yes ??. Sooner or later I have to handle collisions (someone/something modified both files - How i can merge changes or just overwrite older ...
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Uploading to multiple FTP sites at once

Im currently building a small CDN topology system, and im looking for the best way to sync the files within certain folder in all the servers. I need to be able to upload a file to a certain SINGLE ...
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sync a file over 2 servers and switch between what server is being connected to

I do not know for sure if this is the correct location to post this, but I am looking for software or a script to be able to do what I am wanting... or if anyone has anything better. In short, there ...
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sync a directory between OSX and Ubuntu

I need a good way to sync a directory between my OSX 10.6 laptop and my Ubuntu Desktop. Dropbox would obviously be a great choice, however the directory I need to sync is owned by root on both ...
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Determine the clock drift between two linux hosts

I am using ptpd to tightly sync the clock between two linux hosts that we are using to test a low latency application. I would like to see, programatically, how well the clocks are synced. I was ...
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How can I test apt-get updates on a test box before deploying to production?

I would like to schedule updates on my ubuntu servers, but would like to test the updates first on a test server. I'd like to run all updates on the test box at the beginning of a development cycle, ...
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TracError: Repository not found

I'm getting that error when trying to execute trac-admin /path/to/trac repository resync /path/to/svnroot/repo1 Both paths exist. I'm trying to use Trac 0.12 with several svn repositories. I could ...
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syncronise two local SVN checkouts

Quick overview of the problem. I have a website that is in SVN and checked out on 2 different servers for load balancing. It's a drupal site and everything besides the assets and files directory is ...
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How do I backup files stored in Rackspace Cloud Files container to an Amazon s3 bucket

I'm currently storing PDF reports in a Rackspace cloud files container. These files are generated from a web application. I'm keen to find a way to sync these files to an Amazon s3 container as a form ...
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Real time Sync between two folders on different servers

What is the best way to sync two folders completely in real time over two servers (Ubuntu) in same network? Do you think syncing folders is a better idea than having a shared folder? If a shared ...
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Every TCP packet has ACK=1 except those that have RST=1?

Is it true that every TCP packet except for a TCP SYN packet will have ACK=1? I noticed that if I use the following filter in Wireshark tcp.stream and !tcp.ack then some TCP packets show up ...
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Problem syncing calendar from Android 2.1 to Outlook 2010 / Exchange 2007 Server

Recently we upgraded our Terminal Server from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2010. The Exchange 2007 backend has remained the same. Since that time, a user with a Verizon LG ALLY (android 2.1) is able to ...
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File-sync server software

We are currently using Dropbox in the company and running out of space lately. I'm wondering if there any similar software that we could use on our own server? I've looked at pogoplug, but I'd like ...
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NFS server and delay in using tail -f?

We have two Solaris servers, let's call them Alice and Bob. We also have a Solaris NFS server used by both of them, call it Charlie. Alice writes to a text logfile on the NFS server, which is then ...
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Unix timestamp deviation

I have two Ubuntu servers which synchronize their timestamp to europe.pool.ntp.org every night. Just before they sync, I can see a difference of 4 seconds between the two servers. One of the servers ...
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New contacts or calendar events created on iPad not syncing wirelessly to Outlook/Exchange 2010

This was working before but broke recently, and it may be due to some Windows Server 2008 R2/Exchange 2010 updates. Creating NEW calendar/contact items on company iPads will not result with them ...
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WebDav Sync for Windows Server 2003 / WHS

Does anyone know or more precisely, recommend a windows service tool that allows me to sync given folders regularly to a WebDav share in the background?
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MacOS X 10.6 Portable Home Directory sync fails due to FileSync agent crashing

On one of our cleanly installed MacPro machines running MacOS X 10.6.6 connected to our MacOS X 10.6.6 Server, syncing data using Portable Home Directories fails. It seems to be due to the filesync ...
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Is it really necessary to call /bin/sync twice before an unmanaged power-off?

My company sells an "embedded device" which is implemented as a headless Linux box with ext4 on an internal SSD. Some of our users have a habit of doing a "save current settings" on this box, and ...
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Keeping folder of files in sync over 3 machines

Morning, Got 3 machines that have user content on them, which I need to keep in sync. This is a 3 way sync. Currently I run rsync but we just don't handle deletes. Have looked at something like ...
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Realtime file-level mirroring from local NTFS to network drive

We have some data collection machines running WinXP. After a new file is written, we would like to immediately copy the new file to network storage (a NetApp CIFS share) automagically. We need ...
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How to synchronize data between several copies of a VMWare instance?

I have multiple copies of a VMWare virtual machine that is running Ubuntu 10.04 Server that I am using for development (web and compiled applications). I would like to keep all of these copies ...
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Sync files from NAS to local harddrive?

i need a way in ubuntu to sync like 1tb of files from a NAS to a local harddrive, connected by ethernet (directly). any suggestions? it should include a progress bar, that's why 'cp' isn't the right ...
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is there some sort of catchable trigger when one writes/deletes a new file in linux?

I would like a simple tool for syncing two folders on remote servers... Utopically, I only need an OS catchable trigger (or something like that) that could be used to fire rsync automatically ? Is ...
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Dropbox like sync in my cpanel hosting

I am on a free hosting service which offers me cpanel.I want to have dropbox like syncing of my files on their server and my local hard disk, this way it serves as a backup and i do not have top ...
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What is the best way to apply your old settings / environment to new server

Let's say you have your favorite settings with zsh, vim, screen, etc., behaving the way you want on some boxes. What is the best way to apply these settings / environments to a new server? Assuming ...

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