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
>



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