How to duplicate an entire dropbox directory tree to skydrive?

Question

I've got a directory tree set up in my Dropbox folder. For redundancy, I'd like to duplicate that entire tree in SkyDrive. I'd like everything to update and sync automatically (from Dropbox to SkyDrive) so that any changes I make in the Dropbox folder (add/remove/change to files or sub-directories) get reflected in the SkyDrive folder.

I thought that a symbolic link between the top-level directories (e.g. ln -s /Users/MyName/Desktop/Dropbox /Users/MyName/Desktop/SkyDrive) would do it, but it's not working as I expected. I only see the directories get linked, not the contents.

Is there a better way to do what I'm trying to accomplish?

Answer 1

Dropbox honors symbolic links so you can use

ln -s ~/Desktop/SkyDrive ~/Desktop/Dropbox/

This creates a symbolic link SkyDrive inside your Dropbox folder pointing to the whole SkyDrive. All files/directories stored inside SkyDrive will be available in Dropbox as well now.

Answer 2

You can tell Dropbox to syncronise any directory tree in its Preferences see Dropbox documentation. So you could tell Dropbox to sync /Users/MyName/Desktop/SkyDrive.

However I would wonder what happens when .dropbox-cache updates - does Skydrive update and then dropbox update ie you get a continuous uploading - this applies to any way you make the directories the same.