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    Default Remote file management

    I'm looking for ideas on managing/coordinating files between a remote desktop and an office server. The office I'm working for, and the office I'm working in have a generally reliable, and awesomely slow WAN connection, I'm finding the only way I can actually get things done is to have the files all locally. Which of course leads to the issue of conflicting versions,

    Suggestions, batch files, shell scripts, all welcome.

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    Default Re: Remote file management

    By WAN, do you mean internet connection speed? Can you log into the same OneDrive account on both pc's? That way both local folders would automatically sync to the same online location.
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    Default Re: Remote file management

    No One Drive -- just office to office WAN

    Local drive speed 6Gps
    Local Lan 100Mbs
    Remote WAN 11 Mbs

    Lot of other stuff happening on the WAN

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    Default Re: Remote file management

    I wrote a command that does some batch processing when you close AutoCAD. If you have MOVEBAK set to a folder other than the default, it deletes files older than 30 days. You could use something like that to copy files.
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    Default Re: Remote file management

    Not sure how you're transferring files from server to local (FTP-ing .ZIP files?), or your workstation setup.

    If you're working local over WAN, you likely do not have a workstation available local to the target server, which means RDP & RD Web aren't options, despite being so much more efficient (streaming only pixels & clicks, in lieu of entire large data sets) & provides better security as compared to RMM.

    As for a way to manage check in/out process, our old friends at FDOT actually (or used to) employ a simple .BAT file that renames the network folder (so others know it's checked out), then copies the project local for the work to be done... Then when done, it reverses course, copying the newer project data back, and renames the project folder back to original.

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