Bart
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Im after some (free) software that will allow me to sync a folder between several users. The main folder will be located on a network share.
In essence, as one user updates a file / creates a new file in the synced folder, id like to see it automatically uploaded to the network share and then the clients pull down the updates and vice versa, kinda like an internal drop box.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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Dom
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Robocopy will monitor and sync between directories; plenty of guides if you do a Google.
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Brett
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Microsoft SyncToy?
edit cause i'm not sure if it can be set to auto or not.
[Edited on 23-01-2013 by Brett]
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Bart
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Brett that software looks and sounds great, but I think you need to setup task scheduler in order to auto mate it.
There is a robocopy GUI program available, I may look into this unless anyone else has suggestions.
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Dom
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There are GUI's for Robocopy like WinRoboCopy - http://frustrateditengineer.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/winrobocopy-a-handy-gui-front-end-for-robocopy/
There's also another MS tool Richcopy - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx
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Bart
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Thanks Dom.
Just to confirm, this program will run in the background and compare folders and sync accordingly?
I don't want to run batch scripts, I want something that will continually update/sync in the background.
[Edited on 23-01-2013 by Bart]
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
Thanks Dom.
Just to confirm, this program will run in the background and compare folders and sync accordingly?
It's been a while since i've used it but using the 'MON' parameter you can get it to monitor a directory. Although Robocopy is pretty basic, so it's one instance to a directory ie - need to monitor 3 or 4 directories, then it's 3 or 4 instances of Robocopy (or you batch script it).
There's also a free version of Syncback that might do what you're after; i use the Pro version for my backups (and secondary backups) and incremental/versions of work backups etc.
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Bart
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Ive found free file sync:
http://freefilesync.sourceforge.net/usage.php#features
I overlooked it initially, because it seemed to basic, but they include another exe for continual file monitoring.
Ive tested it quite a bit and really pleased with it.
you can set a period of time on how often it should check.
Thanks anyway
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Chris
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ROBOCOPY source dest /e /r /w /PURGE
I use that my user volume with 4.5 million files works well
You could also look at file handle monitor if you require realtime backup.
Other issue is file revisoning if many users have acces to one file, although they will be prompted for read only view.
Other option is DFS for local copies of a domain share, as FS shares via client is limited to 10 by default.
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