Synching folders between my desktop and my laptop

[Kzinti]

[Dan East]

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[Kzinti]

[j.edwards]

I use SecondCopy



It has all sorts of syncronise/copy methods and works well. I have a removable drive which I take to and from work and home and have backups on both my work pc and home pc.

[Chris Edwards]

Windows XP has Offline folders that works quite well -- but CVS, or something similar would still work best.

Using Offline Folders:

1) Create a network share on your Desktop computer for the folder you want to share.

2) On your laptop, map this drive

3) Open the My Computer folder on your laptop, and select Tools->Folder Options. Go to the Offline Files tab, and make sure it is enabled.

4) Right click on the mapped drive on your laptop, and check off "Make Available Offline"

I've just started using it, and it works pretty good. Tho, as Dan suggested, if you're synchronizing code, then you might want to set up a CVS server on your desktop, and use TortoiseCVS on your laptop or something. It'll let you revert code changes and everything.

[Kzinti]

Chris, Dan, do yourselves a favor: look up P4 (www.perforce.com). Much better then CVS or Tortoise. Free for up to two seats. That's what I use (desktop + laptop). I can access my source repository anywhere.

[Chris Edwards]

And you call yourself Canadian?

"Favor"

[Kzinti]

[Pejo Software - Per]

[Dan East]