On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:55:05PM +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > know if there is a tool which can sync between my current CVS module and > > the ftp server which is on the web. > > > > (similar to the ws-ftp sync-er) > > rsync beats the hell out of ftp.
Very true. Unison also beats the hell out of rsync :-) (Well, I would say that, I used to be addicted to Unison but I've not touched it for about a year now ...) Unison is a bi-directional use of rsync, so you can make updates at either end and have them propogate correctly. Similar in some ways to the effect that CVS can have ... -jim > > If you must use ftp, the only usable syncer I could find is sitecopy. > There are some perl scripts called mirror, but I could never get them > to behave in a useful way. Be warned that ftp syncing is an absolute > PITA and, depending on the particular run of ftp server you get, very > unreliable. There is no guarantee you'll be able to get the info as to > what is currently stored (in terms of files) on the server, ftp just > doesn't allow this. sitecopy gets around this by keeping track of what > is has copied before, so doesn't need to query what's on the server. Of > course, if it ever gets out of sync, ... > > Use rsync if you possibly can. You will be saving yourself a lot of > trouble. > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. > >
