sync "working" dir with all computers
 

Is it possible to have a folder that is stored on my server mounted via smb etc, that copies over any file that has been updated on my machine? I believe I'll prob have to learn some scripting to accomplish this, but here is what I want to do.

I have three computers, a laptop for school, a desktop at home and a server box sitting around for hosting files (I have access to this from anywhere). I have a folder for all of my school work, we'll call it "school". This folder is present on my laptop and desktop. Sometimes I work on my laptop at school and have new files created / updated. Other times, I work on my desktop and alter files / create new ones there. What I was thinking was using my file server as a repository. After I am finished working on one machine, I want to upload all the new files/folders to the server, so that when I work on the other machine, I can run a quick "fetch files" and being to work off of where I left of. That way, I don't have to copy files over via email or my network. Also, it's very helpful to have the updated files always stored on my server because sometimes I need to grab a file but don't have access to any of my computers.

Any suggestions to where to start and how I'd go about this?

Thanks!

Or better idea... would it be possible to work off of a server drive from any location? That way I don't have to worry about copying files etc, just save / edit directly from that one location?

For local copies, you could use your server as an NFS server.
Remote access would be better through ssh/scp.

Thanks for your help. I was trying to setup HFS on my server, but my router could not properly forward the port as it seemed...

HFS ?

I think sshfs would be a much better idea ;)