[Owncloud] Re: Dropbox-like syncing

[Andreas Schneider]

On Friday 21 January 2011 03:22:00 Matthew Dawson wrote:
> On Thursday 20 January 2011 17:08:18 Rob Hoelz wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > I recently heard about OwnCloud, and I'd like to start using it as a
> > replacement for Dropbox.  Obviously, this functionality isn't there
> > yet, but I was hoping to contribute in that area.  What kind of work
> > has been done for Dropbox-like syncing?  Are there notes on how the
> > OwnCloud team plans on going about this?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Rob
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I've started working on a custom client + ownCloud plugin to support such
> functionality.  I haven't uploaded my code so far (its only in the
> beginning stages), but I can push my git repos to my scratch area if you
> are interested in taking a look.  My eventual ideal solution would include
> rsync like file transfer and 2 way push notification of any file changes.

You should take a look at http://www.csync.org/ or better 
http://www.csync.org/userguide/ It is a two-way synchronization solution 
(rsync is one-way).

It has plugin support so it would be possible to add webdav support using 
neon.
 
> Matthew


	-- andreas