Best way to sync tiddlywiki between local and remote?

[walter byrd]

I plan to use tiddlywiki online, most of the time.

But, I would like my online tiddlywiki installation to be synced with my local Linux box, in case of network outages, and just to have a backup.

I have web hosting, and it was easy for me to get my tiddlywiki online. I could even make changes and then download the page to my local box. But that is not really syncing, also it is more difficult to upload and overwrite.

I have read there is a way to keep synced using dropbox. Most of the articles I see about that are old. I am not sure if they are out of date.

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

[Ben H.]

AFAIK just storing the single .html file on dropbox will be sufficient. Changes to the file will be saved to dropbox and the changes uploaded to other desktops and devices. Any file backup and sync solution should work fine.

[RichardWilliamSmith]

You can also run the node.js version from your dropbox folder and dropbox will sync the individual tiddler files when they change.

[Mark S.]

I think the issue is that you want your web hosted tiddly wiki to be synched, which is different than having your local files synched.

The problem is, that your web host probably allows access via FTP (or RCP/SCP), which doesn't talk to drop-box.

A quick search on line turned up a couple of 3rd party connectors (e.g. mover.io, backup box) that use FTP to back up your data to drop box.

But since you have a linux local machine, maybe you could use rsync with chron to make regular backups (synchs) without depending on 3rd parties.

Mark

On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 11:15:22 AM UTC-7, walter byrd wrote: