of course the original poster (whoever that was) may not have shell access to the ftp server, and may not be able to run rsync/unison there.
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:32:04 +0100 Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
