Sync data between directories

[reefoid]

Is there a way I can have two directories keep in sync with each other? I've just setup my first ever headless Debian server. I've got a 160GB drive for storing the files I want to share over the network but I want to keep this in sync with a folder on my windows laptop.

I've shared a directory on my laptop and set Debian up so it auto mounts the share on bootup. Now I'd like to sync the data on the Samba share onto the laptop share and keep it in sync, so that when I add a file to Samba it also gets added to the laptop.

Reason I want this is for backup purposes and also I'm often away from home for prolonged periods, so its nice to have my media library on my laptop. I know permissions don't get carried over to NTFS, but I'm the only user on the network so its not an issue.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[reefoid]

Another +1 for rsync / cron, easy peasy.

Yes, that's what I ended up using, dead easy. Only issue I had (see my other thread) is that the remote mount wasn't there yesterday so it filled up my root disk instead. Got a check in place now to make sure the remote mount is there before it runs.