Lyncser is a program for syncing files between machines. It backups the specified files to Google Drive. When a newer version of the file is detected in Google Drive, that file is downloaded to the current machine. When a modification is made to the file locally, that file is uploaded to Google Drive.
The reason why this tool was built as opposed to simply using Google Drive Backup and Sync is because there is not a Linux version of that tool.
Currently, installation is only supported on Linux.
Download the latest release from https://github.com/ristomcgehee/lyncser/releases, and extract using tar xvf
. If using systemd, lyncser can be installed by running:
lyncser/install.sh
Lyncser requires generating an OAuth 2.0 Client ID within Google Cloud Platform and downloading the credentials to ~/.config/lyncser/credentials.json
. Then running lyncser
will prompt you to authorize the application via a browser. This first run will also generate the config files. You can then modify ~/.config/lyncser/globalConfig.yaml
to list the files you want to sync. This file will be automatically synced across all machines. You can use tags to limit files to be synced only on certain machines, for example:
paths:
all:
- "~/.gitconfig"
work_machines:
- "~/.bashrc"
- "~/code/"
personal_machines:
- "~/Documents/"
The ~/.config/lyncser/localConfig.yaml
file is for applying tags to the current machine. This file is not synced (unless explicitly listed in globalConfig.yaml
). For example:
tags:
- all
- personal_machines
If the install script was executed, lyncser
will run every 5 minutes and perform syncing. You may also run lyncser sync
at any time to perform a sync.