Free Bi-directional file/folder/tree syncronisation tool

[Dr Lobster*]

does anybody know of any free utilities that will syncronise two folders, in a bi-directional way? i've had quite a trawl round and haven't found anything much that looks all the great.

any links would be really helpful

[Neil Jones]

Um, Windows Briefcase?

Look it up in Windows Help.

[Dr Lobster*]

thanks neil, the briefcase is quite a handy tool, but i want to syncronise two directory trees on two different workstations

[Andrew Muir]

Not sure if this site is any help, but its got me out of a few holes many times before.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/SyncBack.html

[Dr Lobster*]

for those of you that may find it useful, i've come across a little website with quite a few utilities, including a filesync tool, install monitor and a useful app that generates checksums on a whole tree so you can see if something is modifying your files that you don't know about. all free, and all here: http://www.2brightsparks.com

[MarkN]

thanks neil, the briefcase is quiet a handy tool, but i want to syncronise two directory trees on two different workstations

Could this tool do what you want? (link immediately below text - seems to be white on my machine at the moment!)
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

[Pete]

Could this tool do what you want? (link immediately below text - seems to be white on my machine at the moment!)
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

ooh so it is, I'll have a look at that when I sort out the templates later.