syncing two pcs

[Mike or Penny Novack]

>On July 6, 2008 09:37:45 pm Paul wrote:
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>>Does anyone know if/how gnucash can be run on two pcs and sync them
>>together?  I have duplicated both pc's file structures for the
>>application but only one actually contains data.  Any help would be
>>appreciated.
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>I just use rsync on both machines, and copy the file from the office machine 
>to the laptop if it's the last one I updated. If I updated the laptop last, I 
>just rsync in the opposite direction, and copy files from the laptop to the 
>office machine. No muss, no fuss. Available on pretty much any distro.
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I'm not sure how what I am about to say will be taken.

If the data (the files) are on both machines and you depend upon 
synching them by .......
1) After using the application on machine A copying the data to portable 
media like a USB drive.
2) Before using the application on machine B "synching" the data from 
the USB drive to machine B
SOONER OR LATER you will forget and be screwed.

Far safer to have just ONE copy of the books (not counting backup copies 
of course) left on the USB drive and then neither machine can alter the 
data unless the USB drive is mounted to that machine -- if you forgot to 
mount the UBS drive you'd get a "not found" looking for the files (the 
directory in which they lived wouldn't appear in the "open" menu.

That I have this point of view is because that's the sort of problem 
that used to come to my desk -- when somebody forgot and now an ad hoc 
program had to be written to somehow merge the data (in my work context, 
would be tens of thousands of transactions so one hell of a job to get 
the data merged "by hand"). Best not to have a "system" dependent on 
somebody never forgetting a vital step.

Michael