Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

How do I set up these tools to automatically sync a set of files between multiple computers and make them accessible from my smartphone and tablet?


It's been mentioned in a few other comments, but ownCloud does all that.

https://owncloud.org/

You don't even need to set it up yourself:

https://owncloud.org/providers/


Thanks for the pointer. I'd heard about that before but never really checked it out. Looks pretty straightforward.


If you don't mind hosting yourself, Seafile is also open source and has really nice Mac/Windows/Linux/Android/iOS client apps. It also does delta syncs, which I don't believe ownCloud supports yet:

http://seafile.com/en/download/ http://manual.seafile.com/


Thanks, that sounds even better.

What's with the lack of delta syncs in all these systems? As far as I know, neither Google Drive nor OneDrive do it. Now you're saying ownCloud doesn't do it either. I didn't even think to look at it for oneCloud because obviously they'd support it.

I consider it to be an essential feature, to the point that I won't bother with something that doesn't support it. I guess I'm unusual in that respect.


I suspected I would get downvoted for not loving Dropbox. And I was right. Interesting.

FYI

rdiff is the reference implementation or first example of a utility written with librsync, which is the library that Dropbox used to build their "business".

Usage: rdiff [OPTIONS] signature [BASIS [SIGNATURE]] [OPTIONS] delta SIGNATURE [NEWFILE [DELTA]] [OPTIONS] patch BASIS [DELTA [NEWFILE]]

Options: -v, --verbose Trace internal processing -V, --version Show program version -?, --help Show this help message -s, --statistics Show performance statistics Delta-encoding options: -b, --block-size=BYTES Signature block size -S, --sum-size=BYTES Set signature strength --paranoia Verify all rolling checksums IO options: -I, --input-size=BYTES Input buffer size -O, --output-size=BYTES Output buffer size -z, --gzip[=LEVEL] gzip-compress deltas -i, --bzip2[=LEVEL] bzip2-compress deltas


What's the relevance of this reply to the preceding comment thread?




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: