Linux and "offline folders"

[O. Sinclair]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
> 
>> Ignazio Palmisano wrote:
>>> What about combining rsync and cron? Like checking if the remote folder
>>> can be reached every x minutes?
>>>
>> I have been considering something like that, am trying to get my head
>> around rsync and all its options
> 
> Why reinvent the wheel? Unison works on Windows, _is_ rsync based, and 
> handles bidirectional changes.
> 
> 
Am busy testing that too at the moment but thanks for the pointer.
I get problems with subdirectories on both rsync and unison at this 
time, they sometimes refuse to create subdirs and all files in them on 
the target