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Windows/Linux to Android - on PC i will create a folder of data to be synced created via SymbLinks

Android to Windows/LAN - Only sync select data preferably via WiFi

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[–] grill@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can probably use Syncthing.

[–] Lemmchen@feddit.org 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes, SyncThing with send-only or receive-only. Easy.

Edit: Hm, maybe the symlinks could be a problem. OP wants the actual files behind the links to be synced, not the links itself, correct?

[–] grill@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, that's why I said "probably" because I'm also not sure about symlinks.

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

SyncThing will do it. I keep sync folders across all my devices, and use a write-only folder (requires some advanced config) to backup phone camera photos. It can be configured per device to only use WiFi.