I have a Linux server that stores some files, and I want to sync them with my Mac. I can mount the directory of the server, so after mounting it's just directory to directory sync. There are thousands of files, so the sync tool should be smart enough to sync only the changed files.
Is there any Mac software out there that does this automatically (or at a scheduled time)? The expected action is as follows:
- Mount the directory in a server.
- Sync intelligently.
- Unmount.
rsync
. This is a powerful cross-platform piece of software. It's on OS X & Linux distros out-of-the-box. There's some concern that the version ofrsync
that ships with OS X is outdated and doesn't handle resource forks and other things properly.rsync
is 'smart' because it will only back-up the changed data. The rest of what you want can be achieved by a script but as to how to write such a script, I have no idea.