[olug] Bookmark synchornization utility for Netscape/Mozilla/Galleon/etc...

[Kenton Brede]

On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 10:16:06AM -0600, Brian Wiese (bwiese at cotse.com) wrote:
> yes, this would be so nice... I'm in the same boat
> 
> 
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:41:11 -0600 (CST)
> "Daniel Linder" <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> 
> |(I apologize in advance for cross-posting to the Omaha Linux and Omaha
> |Perl users group mailing lists -- just delete one or both of these
> |e-mails if it bothers you. - Dan)
> |
> |Guys,
> |
> |  Has anyone seen a script/program that I could put into my login script
> |that will allow me to save/merge my various bookmark files from my
> |workstations?  I'd like something that will use a central site to store
> |the file on and synchronize the local copy with the remote copy (i.e.
> |merging the file with the local file and then pushing the merged file
> |back to the remote server).  This way my multiple workstations can have
> |the same bookmark file and I don't have to worry about loosing bookmarks
> |when/if one of the hard drives dies.
> |
> |  I suppose I could write a perl script to do this, but I'd rather not
> |re-invent the wheel.

Sorry, I deleted the thread so I can't reply to the OM but I would look
into using "unison" or "rsync."  Sorry if this has already been
mentioned.

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ 
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/
Kent

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