User: rluberti

My personal solution: JAVA +ANT

On: Laptop/Server Data Synchronization?

it works fine even on different OSs......I believe you can make bi-directional too....
my version is just few lines and it has email notification when it has finished:

script to run it:
set ANT_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx256m"  This setting is to handle many files
ant -v -logfile log.txt

build.xlm:

<project name="backup" default="start" basedir="/">
    <description>
       Script to backup my files
    </description>

     <property name="backupFrom" value="BackupSystem@mydomain.com"/>
     <property name="backupAdmin" value="Me@mydomain.com"/>
     <property name="BackupDestDir" value="y:"/>
     <property name="NetworkDestDir" value="\\10.10.1.167\Backup"/>

     <target name="init">
    <tstamp/>
    <echo message="Backup started: ${TODAY} @ ${TSTAMP}"/>
      </target>

<target name="copy" depends="init" description="copy the files" >

    <echo message="Removing ${BackupDestDir} drive....."/>
    <exec executable="net" failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false" >
        <arg line="use ${BackupDestDir}  /d"/>
    </exec>

    <echo message="connecting ${BackupDestDir} drive....."/>
    <exec executable="net" failonerror="true">
        <arg line="use ${BackupDestDir} ${NetworkDestDir}"/>
    </exec>

    <!-- All my stuff -->
    <copy todir="${BackupDestDir}/SyncDir"  verbose="true" failonerror="false" preservelastmodified="true">
        <fileset dir="/Documents and Settings/User" >

        </fileset>
    </copy>

</target>
<target name="start" description="backs up my files" >
    <mail mailhost="mail.mydomain.com" mailport="25" from="${backupFrom}"
    tolist="me@mydomain.com"  subject="backup's log - ${TODAY} ${TSTAMP}"
    charset="ISO-8859-1">

        <fileset dir="/Documents and Settings/User/Backupscript">
            <include name="**/log.txt"/>
        </fileset>
    </mail>

    <echo message="Backup finished: ${TODAY} @ ${TSTAMP}"/>

</target>

</project>

Re:Uh

On: New Phone Service Promises to ID Songs

for me is already crazy to see people pay for ring tones.....same people will probably use that service... I guess after knowing the music name...the same service will try to seel you the ring tone...

Italy

On: Getting an IT Job in Europe as an American

if you think about Italy, you need to speak italian ..... also consider that salaries are much lower than USA and cost of living much higher...BUT money.. it's a much better place to live for sure!!!

Re:It's True.

On: Only 32% of Java developers really know Java

when I was interviewing candidates, most of them was failing when asked to write the code for converting a string in a number.....and they couldn't draw a class diagram from very simple specs. I believe people has less time to improve their knowledge on what they already know....because they are pushed to move forward with new "cool" stuff every month.