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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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> Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 9:41 a.m.
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ftp sync tool
> 
> 
> Nick Rout wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> This is true. No shell access (only ftp)
> 
> tim
> > 
> > 
> > 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
> >>>
> >>>-- 
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> CC list postings to me.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> > 
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