Synchronizing Kontact between two computers

[Guest]

Sorry if this has already been asked, but if it has I can't find it.

How do I synchronize all the data in Kontact between my desktop and laptop computers?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[stealthbanana]

Re: Synchronizing Kontact between two computers

I think you may want to look at kitchensync.

[monte48lowes]

Re: Synchronizing Kontact between two computers

This can be done using 'rsync' over ssh. This is not the most elegant method, but it will work nonetheless.

Here is the basic command to copy files over ssh using rsync:

rsync -a -e ssh source/ username@remotemachine.com:/path/to/destination/

Here are the source files for the four basic components of kontact:

~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/ #kontact addressbook

~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/

~/.kde/share/apps/akregator/

~/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/ #kontact calendar

Here is an example for me to synchronize kmail from my desktop to my laptop:

rsync -a -e ssh /home/michael/.kde/share/apps/kmail/ [email]michael@192.168.1.106:/home/michael/.kde[/email]/share/apps/kmail/

This will sync only in one direction. You can run it once from one computer then run it again from the other to completely the syncronization. In my case the desktop is always on receiving mail and therefore I would only need to sync kmail to the laptop.

I hope I gave you some ideas, or helped.

Mike