<div dir="ltr">I think you can achieve the same functionality using rsync and cron, however what they offer is a daemon that looks for changes in a specific directory and synchronizes the directory to the remote server. I think they also offer the possibility of sharing a subdirectory (under that dropbox directory) with anyone else that has a dropbox account.<div>
<br></div><div>I have used dropbox in the past, I am now using a similar service from Canonical named Ubuntu one that comes default with Ubuntu desktop.</div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Ori Idan</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Dotan Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com">dotancohen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
2010/12/19 Ori Idan <<a href="mailto:ori@helicontech.co.il">ori@helicontech.co.il</a>>:<br>
<div class="im">> DropBox has client and a daemon. The client is open source but as much as I<br>
> know the daemon is not.<br>
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</div>Maybe this should be a new thread, but what does DropBox offer that a<br>
remote SSH account, Rsync and Cron don't? No troll, I'd really like to<br>
know.<br>
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