Unison is good, as is rsync, but in this particular case will be
complicated (if ( understand correctly) by the use of the identical file
names for different files on the two computers. I don't see an easy,
automatic way around this. I would rename one or some of the
directories, put them on the same computer, and then manually go through
them and decide which ones are duplicates, and which are unique but
identically named files, and rename those.

If this is a Unix/Linux system, it might be useful to know that the
"diff" command can work on an entire directory, if you plead with it
sincerely enough and use the right parameters.

In future, unison or rsync could be used on a regular basis to avoid
another situation like this arising. Back in the good old days, we were
able to share disks between computers with something called "NFS," and
even further back, file versioning in VMS might have been relevant and
useful. But I am wandering.

Cheers,

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On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:15 +0000, Johan Turkenburg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The way I cope with this is by using synchronisation between directories 
> (folders) on the two computers. In my case both are running linux, and 
> the program Unison provides a simple tool to synchronise. If you make 
> sure the projects have the same name on the two computers, the cpp4 
> database files copy over ok, and the interface copes ok. I am sure this 
> method is easy to break, so be careful trying it out!
> 
> Johan
> 
> P.J.Briggs wrote:
> > Hi Derek
> > 
> > There's not really any way of doing what you're asking at present. If
> > merging utility would be useful to others then I would be prepared to
> > look into providing one, although there are a bunch of fiddly issues to
> > deal with (e.g. keeping dates consistent, handling file name clashes and
> > so on).
> > 
> > Do any other readers of this list want to comment?
> > 
> > Best wishes
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > Derek Logan wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I've been working on a project using CCP4i on two separate computers in
> >> parallel and now unfortunately have jobs spread over the two locations.
> >> I would now like to consolidate these. Some of the new jobs on one
> >> computer will have the same run number as different ones on the other.
> >> Is there any convenient way to merge the projects? I guess the answer is
> >> no, or else the question would have been asked and answered already ;-)
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Derek
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> >>
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> >>
> >>
> > 
>