Get rsync working, I'm betting you can. And/or look at Unison (though I think it uses rsync in the backend).
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 at 15:00 -0600, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > I'm flagging this slightly off topic just because it has Windows XP in the > subject > line and I want help - not a bonfire. > > My problem: > I have a Windows XP (sp2) box chock full of about 60GB of files I want to > backup. I > want to store several days worth of backups on to a 200GB hard drive in a > Linux box > (Debian) located in another city. My data doesn't change all that often - > maybe > 10-50MB/day. I want the backups to be 100% automatic requiring no human > interaction > unless something breaks. The ideal would be to keep two weeks worth of > backups. I > want to do this securely so it can happen over a public network (the > Internet). > > The way I want to do it: > Rsync snapshots would be ideal. I do this with all my Linux boxen and it is > awesome. > It only transfers what is needed, it is fast, and I don't have to worry about > it > much at all. It meets all of the above requirements - just for Linux, not > Windows. > > What I ran in to: > So, thinking rsync was the perfect solution I loaded up cygwin on XP and got > ssh > working and installed rsync. Well, apparently there is an issue with XP SP2 > that > makes it so this doesn't work right. What rsync would do would copy down a > ton of > directories, but no files. Eventually it would get to a random spot and just > hang. > Googling revealed this is essentially a bug in cygwin on XP SP2 that will be > fixed > just as soon as there is an experienced enough coder with the time & desire > enough > to fix it. > > What I want: > Alternative ideas from you. Is there something like rsync that plays better > with XP? > I want to do some form of snapshotting so it is very fast. I want it to be > automated. I want the file/backup server to run Linux. I want to use FOSS or > freeware if possible. > > > Now maybe this is just a knowledge thing. I do this so easily between two > Linux > boxen across the Internet. Is there really no easy method to accomplish the > same > task in Windows? > > -Ryan > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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