How to: Usb drive and folder uptodate?

Hey,
always on the go, and i have a usb drive and i'm trying to keep my school files updated from one to another with the most current version of the files.
trying to figured something out with Automator
Thanks

Automator, as you have probably figured out, does not have an action to specifically syncronize files found in two different locations.
If you are only moving files one way at any one time then you can piece together the following actions to do the job:
1) Find Finder Items (options for where to look and what to look for - multiple whose criteria are possible
2) View Results - good idea for seeing what is going on with the various selections you might want to use in step 1
3) Copy Finder Items - if you are copying to the Flashdisk you need to have it connected to select it in this step
You should build two of these, one for the computer -> flashdisk and one for the flashdisk -> computer activities.
Syncronizing both ways at the same time is much more problematic with Automator and if you are transferring files two directions within the same day I am not sure this set of actions will work.
PowerBook 12" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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