This is not as perverse as it seems.
We have a server with lots of files. It is backed up. I regard files there as the mother versions.
For years, I copied my homework in to a windows briefcase and manually asked it to sync.
This work OK.
I tried "synctoy". This also works fine, but it is a bit of a bore to set up the rules when one
only wants to worry about a handful of files in the evening or weekend.
I tried mesh. It works fine, but has a different idea of the mother file. There is no such file.
It is also not so convenient when I want to say, just worry about these few files for this weekend.
Now, this seems to work..
Have a directory set up to sync using live mesh.
In this directory, make a briefcase and drag over the few files one wants for the
evening or weekend.
In the office, manually sync the briefcase whenever it seems worthwhile.
This seems a complicated route to get what I want. I can access the lectures or paper I am working on
from my laptop or machines at home. I don't carry the briefcase around on a USB stick any more.
I have the idea of a mother copy which is backed up and shared to other people who use the server.
It does, however, seem to be perverting the various tools from windows and I have an irrational fear
that one day the two file synchronising mechanisms will fight with each other.
