[nmglug] using Dropbox to sync & restore

[Le Nguyen]

Wonderful !

Thank you Eric, and Happy New Year !

Le

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 2:05 PM, <nmglug-request at lists.nmglug.org> wrote:

> From: Eric Krieger <grammatoncleric at ubuntu.com>
> To: "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at lists.nmglug.org>
> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 16:09:34 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nmglug] using Dropbox to sync & restore
> There's no need for any shell scripts or anything extreme.   The process is
> simple enough...
>
>
> 1. Copy the file or directory that is desired to be synced across systems
> into the Dropbox directory.
>
> cp .bashrc Dropbox/Backup/linux/
> cp -R .mozilla Dropbox/Backup/linux
>
> *NOTE: Let Dropbox finish syncing before creating the symbolic link.
> ** NOTE: The path within your Dropbox directory may differ.
>
> 2. Rename the old file or directory...
>
> mv .bashrc .old-bashrc
> mv .mozilla .old-mozilla
>
> 3. Create a symbolic link to the new location in the Dropbox directory.
>
> ln -s Dropbox/Backup/linux/.bashrc
> ln -s Dropbox/Backup/linux/.mozilla
>
>
>
>
> Here's an example of the files and directories that I sync...you may or may
> not wish to do the same.
>
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     29 2010-12-31 06:56 .bashrc ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.bashrc
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     33 2011-01-01 09:18 .evolution ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.evolution/
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     29 2010-12-31 06:56 .fonts ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.fonts/
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     29 2010-12-30 17:37 .gconf ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.gconf/
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     30 2010-12-31 06:57 .gnome2 ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.gnome2/
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     29 2010-12-30 17:36 .local ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.local/
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     31 2010-12-30 17:35 .mozilla ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.mozilla/
> -rw-r--r--  1 gcleric gcleric   3353 2010-10-30 17:41 .old-bashrc
> drwx------  5 gcleric gcleric   4096 2010-10-30 17:39 .old-evolution
> drwxr-xr-x  2 gcleric gcleric   4096 2010-11-14 11:45 .old-fonts
> drwx------  4 gcleric gcleric   4096 2010-10-30 17:19 .old-gconf
> drwx------  9 gcleric gcleric   4096 2010-10-30 17:28 .old-gnome2
> drwxr-xr-x  3 gcleric gcleric   4096 2010-10-30 17:12 .old-local
> drwx------  4 gcleric gcleric   4096 2010-10-30 17:20 .old-mozilla
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     30 2010-10-30 17:34 .sshmenu ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.sshmenu
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     35 2011-1-1 16:26 .thunderbird ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.thunderbird/
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 gcleric gcleric     28 2010-12-24 05:38 .vimrc ->
> Dropbox/Backups/linux/.vimrc
>
>
> The one thing I'd be careful of doing is syncing the above across systems
> running different releases of the same operating system (i.e. Ubuntu 9.10
> and 10.10).
>
>
> - Eric
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Le Nguyen <lenguyen0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Eric,
>>
>> I am all ears when you have the time to expound on this subject. I do have
>> a Dropbox account, but it never occurred to me to use it this way.
>> Any shell scripts, procedures, methods you want to share would be highly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks to Anthony for starting the email thread, and to the others who
>> contributed, I am learning something!
>>
>> Le Nguyen
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:05 PM, <nmglug-request at lists.nmglug.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Eric Krieger <grammatoncleric at ubuntu.com>
>>> To: "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at lists.nmglug.org>
>>> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:00:11 -0700
>>> Subject: Re: [nmglug] "save the data" fresh install ubuntu 10.10
>>> Lifehacker has a bit one...
>>>
>>>
>>> http://lifehacker.com/5154698/sync-files-and-folders-outside-your-my-dropbox-folder
>>>
>>> Works flawlessly and whats best about using Dropbox + sympolic links,
>>> apart from keeping everything in sync?   When something gets hosed just
>>> force the restore from the Dropbox web interface.   :)
>>>
>>> I can do a more in depth howto post holidays if there is interest.  But
>>> it's pretty straight forward.
>>>
>>> - Eric
>>>
>>
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