syncing two pcs

[Paul]

David Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 11:37:45PM -0500, Paul wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I do this regularly, using 'unison'
> <http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/>.  I don't ever try merging
> anything.
>
> If you're just adding transactions, the merges are probably easiest by 
> not
> merging the data file, and just replaying the extra log file.
>
> But, if you have a central sync point, and are diligent about always
> syncing before and after running Gnucash on the remote machines, it works
> quite well.  It's how I work on my laptop.
>
> David
>
>
Hi David,

Unison sounds interesting.  I currently use Logmein which enables me to 
connect to my desktop from anywhere.  It also has a file synch tool.  I 
think my mistake was not synching the files in program files/gnucash.  
I'll try that tonight and see if my problem is solved.

Thanks,

Paul