Problem:

I work on a notebook and while at work I have access to many NFS mounted drives. When I get home they are obviously not available.

Windows 7 solution:

My business partner uses Windows 7 and maps the folders via samba. Windows 7 has a very nice feature that let's he make these folders available offline. So when when he connects to the work network the changes get synchronized!

Question:

Is there a way to mimic that in ubuntu?

What I have now:

Server to local sync: I have added rsync entries on my crontab to copy server folders => local folders every five minutes.

When at work I used the NFS mapped folders and while outside work I use the local copies.

When I get at work I manually run a script that syncs local folders => server folders.

Problems with my setup:

• slow startup when not at work (I guess do to the fstab trying to map the server folders)
• no conflict checking/managing
• I have to remember to sync manually and be careful because of the different file locations
• recent files do not work between work and home