http://freshmeat.net/projects/ftpsync/
Amazing what you find when you actually search for it > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > >>> > >>>-- > >>>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] > > > > >
