Keep Remote Directory Up-to-date

Question

I absolutely love the Keep Remote Directory Up-to-date feature in Winscp. Unfortunately, I can\'t find anything as simple to use in OS X or Linux. I know the same thing can

Answer 1

Great question I have searched answer for hours !

I have tested lsyncd and the problem is that the default delay is far too long and no example command line give the -delay option.

Other problem is that by default rsync ask password each time !

Solution with lsyncd :

lsyncd --nodaemon -rsyncssh local_dir remote_user@remote_host remote_dir -delay .2

other way is to use inotify-wait in a script :

while inotifywait -r -e modify,create,delete local_dir ; do
    # if you need you can add wait here
    rsync -avz local_dir remote_user@remote_host:remote_dir
done

For this second solution you will have to install inotify-tools package

To suppress the need to enter password at each change, simply use ssh-keygen : https://superuser.com/a/555800/510714