From: Duncan L. <dun...@gm...> - 2009-11-20 10:37:06
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Nick sent this only to me by mistake: I'm not sure but think that Duncan and Benny may be talking at cross-purposes here... Benny, as I'm reading it, is talking about the concepts relating to several people working into the same data, and the concepts of synchronisation of the files, etc - a very complex issue indeed... Duncan, I believe, is only talking about the capability of 'copying' a database and taking it to another machine to work on, with the capability of later bringing it back to the original machine. That second is possible - each day I take a copy of the .gramps folder on my home PC and copy it (rsync it, in fact) to a portable data storage device. (I also take a folder that contains my media...) I take that device to work and mount it on my work PC. And work on it there, then take it back and rsync it back onto the home PC. If that is what you, Duncan, are describing as data portability, it works OK - but I'm sure it can break if you're not methodical (heh, heh...) Hope I haven't mis-represented either of you! Nick Walling |