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Dual boot- updating a folder from home partition in Dropbox or Ubuntuone?

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I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8 in perfect harmony. I have installed in windows an application so that I can mount the home (ext4) partition in windows. I am using Windows 8 only for DJ and audio production purposes, with Traktor and Ableton installed.

I am using Dropbox and Ubuntu One so I want to sync my Dropbox and Ubuntu One files that I have uploaded to cloud from both systems. If I am in windows then the music of my home partition will be synced from Ubuntu One. Is that possible? What should I do?

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answered 2 Years ago otatorm · Accepted Answer

I would stick with one service, either user Ubuntu One or Dropbox. Honestly I would recommend dropbox, but that is just me. If you want to have both synced and a folder on each system synced then you can use "the linking trick".

In linux:

ln ~/Dropbox/music ~/synced_music

Then add ~/synced_music to Ubuntu One

In Windows:

Your basically going to do the same thing Making links in windows may help.

MKLINK /J Dropbox/music C:whereversynced_music

Then link again for the Ubuntu One side

MKLINK /J "Ubuntu Onesynced_music" "C:whereversynced_music"

Notes

This will keep the files in sync between Ubuntu One, Dropbox, Liunx, and Windows. However this is pretty silly. You would be far better off choosing either Dropbox or Ubuntu One, and just keeping it in sync. I prefer dropbox for my own reasons but Ubuntu One should work just fine. You can use the link trick with just one service. I use it all the time to keep my game saves shared between computers.