C++ Programming :: File synchronizing


	File synchronizing Does anyone have any simple ideas (or complicated if it's the only idea) how to create a program that can synchronize file directories/ repositories? Ideally files should be able to be added, deleted and updated in directories. I thought about creating "images" of the directories to be synchronized but I'm struggling with this idea. Help is much appreciated. aca04@shef.ac.uk wrote: > Does anyone have any simple ideas (or complicated if it's the only > idea) how to create a program that can synchronize file directories/ > repositories? Ideally files should be able to be added, deleted and > updated in directories. I thought about creating "images" of the > directories to be synchronized but I'm struggling with this idea. Is there a C++ language question here that I'm not seeing? If not, try 'comp.programming' for general questions on algorithms. aca04@shef.ac.uk wrote: > Does anyone have any simple ideas (or complicated if it's the only > idea) how to create a program that can synchronize file directories/ > repositories? Ideally files should be able to be added, deleted and > updated in directories. I thought about creating "images" of the > directories to be synchronized but I'm struggling with this idea. > Help is much appreciated. <OT> Why reinvent the wheel? Try svn (subversion). </OT> Apart from that, this group deals with standard C++ only, so you are (way) off topic. HTH, - J. > Is there a C++ language question here that I'm not seeing? If not, > try 'comp.programming' for general questions on algorithms. Thanks I will. > Apart from that, this group deals with standard C++ only, > so you are (way) off topic. > HTH, > - J. Well I am trying to create this program in C++. aca04@shef.ac.uk wrote: >> Is there a C++ language question here that I'm not seeing? If not, >> try 'comp.programming' for general questions on algorithms. > Thanks I will. >> Apart from that, this group deals with standard C++ only, >> so you are (way) off topic. >> HTH, >> - J. > Well I am trying to create this program in C++. By analogy: If I am trying to cook fish on an electrical stove, should I ask about that in sci.physics.electromag? <aca04@shef.ac.uk> wrote in message news:1173454342.402802.135730@c51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > Does anyone have any simple ideas (or complicated if it's the only > idea) how to create a program that can synchronize file directories/ > repositories? Ideally files should be able to be added, deleted and > updated in directories. I thought about creating "images" of the > directories to be synchronized but I'm struggling with this idea. > Help is much appreciated. subversion, which does exactly this, is open source. http://subversion.tigris.org/ As it is, you may just be able to use subversion as is and not have to do anything. There is a command line interface you can call, or you can use something else (for windows I use the client tortoisesvn which is a windows shell hook).