Progress:
1. After I updated and retested the cwRsync version running on XP, it
reproduced the problem I saw when I ran the current version of cwRsync
on Vista. So, the updated versions introduced changes, even though I
was using only very simple commands, and the problem I encountered
wasn't Vista vs. XP after all. I apologize for overlooking this
possibility.
2. Among other things, the newer versions require a different way of
writing Windows paths - colons and backslashes cause problems with
rsync. The standard example is to replace C:\WORK\* with
/cygdrive/c/work/*. It's in the batch file template that comes with the
current download - a very useful resource. There are still issues I'm
testing (e.g., dealing with permissions), but I just want to get things
working on Vista.
Related question: When using FTP, has anybody noticed any differences
after moving from XP to Vista?
Thanks.
-Andy
Andy Gallant wrote:
I'm having trouble using cwRsync (from itefix) on Vista to keep local
copies of some remote directories. The files are out there, but I
can't write them to my local drives. The same commands used to work
on XP. I've Googled, checked itefix, and tried a few things, but so
far I've failed. My knowledge of both cwRsync and Vista is limited -
I'm probably doing something stupid or not doing something obvious.
Any suggestions? Has anyone out there gotten this to work?
Problem summary: (1) cwRsync works without a local destination: just
using the remote source provides a list of the remote files, as it
should. (2) When I add a local destination "c:\ftp-files\" I get an
error: "The source and destination cannot both be remote. rsync
error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1127) [receiver=3.0.2]"
Config summary: Vista Home Prem, cwRsync 2.1.3, Norton 360.
TIA.
-Andy
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