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Hi -

I want to do a bidirectional sync of my documents on my PC to my Mac. On my PC, they are in:

D:\Documents and Settings\jase\My Documents\

On the Mac (as seen from the PC), they are in:

x:\

When I set up a sync job, it ends up putting the files in x:\Documents and Settings\jase\My Documents\ and I want them right in x:\ I'd rather not use subst or anything weird like that.

Any advice is welcome. Thank you!

The current version of AISBackup can only retain the full path so cannot backup files from one path to another, there are a few work arounds:

1/ As you suggested: subst

From Command Prompt

Subst x: “c:\documents and settings\username\my documents”

Synchronise x:

Subst x: /d

The Subst could be put in pre-backup and post backup jobs.


2/ Network share the Documents folder and synchronise the share name.

3/ Vista users can easily make a hard link, however there will be one level of folders on the mac, i.e. the junction name:

MKLINK /J C:\Docs “c:\documents and settings\username\my documents”

Synchronize C:\Docs, this will of course synchronise to X:\Docs

Probably the best method is the share option, as AISBackup will automatically look after dynamic drive mapping, whereas using the subst method you would have to know the drive letter as this would be hard coded in the backup job.

Barry

Thanks Barry. I went with the share option. It works fine. I love your software - keep up the great work!