Dropbox works well for syncing between my desktop and laptop. No interference with my structure but mine is certainly different than yours. — Chuck On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 21:14, Nobumi Iyanaga <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am sorry, this is again an OT message. Does anyone on this list use > Dropbox for synchronizing your computers? > > I am considering to use DropBox to synchronize my two computers, one at > home and another at my work. > > As DropBox allows only one folder to be synced (I have it at ~/Dropbox/), > and as I don't want to change my directory structure which I am used to, I > think the best would be to use symbolic links to reflect changes. I tried to > read some reports on web on this kind of use of DropBox, but I am rather > confused. > > Some say that one should keep the original folder at the usual place in the > directory structure, and make a symbolic link to it in the Dropbox folder, > that is, for example: > > ~/Documents/myFolder/.... is the original, and > ~/Dropbox/myFolder/ is the symbolic link file > > And others say the contrary, that is: > > ~/Documents/myFolder/ is the symbolic link file, linked to > ~/Dropbox/myFolder/.... > > It seems to me that the latter makes sense, but I am not sure. > > But at the same time, I feel not very easy to use the symlink files in this > way. Are they robust enough for this kind of use...? > > If this works really well, I am considering to use this synchronization > system, for my most important document files, my mail boxes, some of my most > used applications preferences files and Application Support folders > (including web browser bookmark files, etc.). > > Thank you in advance for any insight. > > Best regard, > > Nobumi Iyanaga > Tokyo, > Japan > -- Chuck (a.k.a. Charles) Suber Charles Suber & Associates, Inc. 1750 St. Charles Ave. #607 New Orleans, LA 70130 voice 504-524-3087 email [log in to unmask]