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Dropbox is awesome, miles ahead of the competition. My one complaint is that it doesn't seem to sync files unless they are closed. So when if I'm working on a
by GavinB 18y ago
Dropbox is awesome, miles ahead of the competition. My one complaint is that it doesn't seem to sync files unless they are closed. So when if I'm working on a manuscript for several hours, just pressing "save" doesn't back it up. I'd have to close and re-open for it to back up.
This wouldn't be an issue, but my laptop is wheezing the wheeze of imminent death.
- sachinag 18y agoWow - I never noticed this, but you're absolutely right. It never even occurred to me that this would be possible, but now I wants it.
- whatusername 18y agoI'm running Tivoli CDP for files to do something like that. (actually i probably sould integrate it with dropbox come to think of it). Automtic save to another spot on the HD (every time that you save a file) Automatic sync to web/USB drive when they're plugged in/connected. Saved me a couple of times actually - definately swear by having automated and easy backups.
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- huhtenberg 18y agoIf I understand it correctly the Dropbox is an application-level file-monitoring thingy. It is not a filesystem-level real-time backup software, which is something that is substantially more complex to implement.
- jwilliams 18y agoCould you elaborate more on this? What triggers the sync in the application-level example?
- huhtenberg 18y agoAn OS notification does. The app subscribes to the directory content changes and the OS dispatches a notification (in whatever form) when the change happens. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365261.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365261.aspx for example. Another option, of course, is a periodic explicit directory scan, but that's quite lame.