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[173.71.39.160]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ut2sm29687831obc.3.2014.02.15.12.25.18 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:25:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD References: <20140215070812.0f1c582f@scorpio> <20140215170859.GB11033@e330> <20791A12-EBA8-4CD7-B94E-CDC407967D06@gmail.com> From: Matthew Pherigo X-Mailer: iPad Mail (11B554a) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:25:20 -0600 To: krad , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:25:20 -0000 Usually, nesting two file syncing solutions on top of each other is a recipe= for an unwilling sacrifice to the gods of corrupted files. It's really not r= ecommended. :/ --Matt > On Feb 15, 2014, at 12:25 PM, krad wrote: >=20 > you could always nest your dropbox folders within a btsync share on a wind= ows or a linux box which would provide best of both worlds >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On 15 February 2014 18:01, Matthew Pherigo wrote: >> +1 for Bittorrent Sync. >>=20 >> As I understand it, Dropbox relies on the inotify functionality in the Li= nux kernel, and there is no equivalent function in the FreeBSD kernel (which= is why the linux compatibility layer doesn't have an inotify function eithe= r). There are some unofficial solutions to this problem, but as far as I can= see, btsync is a great solution. >>=20 >> Now, it should be noted that btsync is just dumb peer-to-peer folder sync= ing. Although it accomplishes a lot of what you would want from dropbox, if y= ou're a regular user of features like the web interface, then you would prob= ably be a lot better off setting up an instance of Sparkleshare on your pers= onal Web server. Sparkleshare is intended to be an open-source dropbox compe= titor, that has the features that btsync is missing. The disadvantage, of co= urse, is that Sparkleshare requires a Web server, while btsync only needs to= be installed on the computers you wish to sync files on. >>=20 >> --Matt >>=20 >> > On Feb 15, 2014, at 11:08 AM, francesco scaglione wrote: >> > >> >> On 15 Feb 2014 =C3=A0 07:08, Jerry wrote: >> >> I use Dropbox and Windows SkyDrive, soon to be renamed OneDrive, >> >> extensively. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a version avai= lable >> >> for FreeBSD. These are listed on the site: >> >> >> >> Ubuntu (.deb) 64-bit 32-bit >> >> Fedora (.rpm) 64-bit 32-bit >> >> Debian (.deb) 64-bit 32-bit >> >> Compile from source >> >> >> >> there are a few "Dropbox" ports; however, I am looking for something t= hat >> >> works the same way across different platforms; ie Windows and FreeBSD.= Do >> >> the Dropbox ports do that? If not, has anyone tried to use one of the >> >> "Dropbox" distributions on FreeBSD? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jerry >> > >> > I had the very same problem and I've found a good solution using >> > BitTorrent Sync across FreeBSD, Linux and Windows. Maybe it's worth to >> > give a try? >> > >> > Francesco >> > _______________________________________________ >> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20