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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Rsync better use for backup Post 302788461 by hanson44 on Monday 1st of April 2013 11:01:36 PM
Old 04-02-2013
You're suggesting to maintain two separate working copies of a bunch of files, and keep them synced. I don't do that. So I'm reluctant to advise on this. If things didn't work correctly, it could be a big mess.

I always have just one working copy of everything, and I always access and work on that one copy. I think it's safer to just have one working copy. I back up that one copy in multiple ways to make sure it is not lost, and that I can retrieve a previous version if needed.

I think the only person who could advise you would be someone who keeps two working copies of everything, as you want to do.

Is there any chance you might just keep the files on the remote computer, and access them from your laptop?
 

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mcd(1)							      General Commands Manual							    mcd(1)

Name
       mcd - change MSDOS directory

Note of warning
       This  manpage  has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.  See the
       end of this man page for details.

Description
       The mcd command is used to change the mtools working directory on the MS-DOS disk. It uses the following syntax:

	  mcd [msdosdirectory]

       Without arguments, mcd reports the current device and working directory.  Otherwise, mcd changes the current  device  and  current  working
       directory relative to an MS-DOS file system.

       The  environmental  variable MCWD may be used to locate the file where the device and current working directory information is stored.  The
       default is `$HOME/.mcwd'.  Information in this file is ignored if the file is more than 6 hours old.

       Mcd returns 0 on success or 1 on failure.

       Unlike MS-DOS versions of CD, mcd can be used to change to another device. It may be wise to remove old `.mcwd' files at logout.

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