Re: best rsync for use with windows (client) and long file names

2009-03-27 Thread dnk
On 27-Mar-09, at 1:13 AM, Fabian Cenedese wrote: The delta algorithm is only used if you access a remote server (e.g. with server::dest/path). For local syncs it is usually faster to just copy the whole file than to reconstruct it from the old file plus differences. There are switches to ease t

Re: best rsync for use with windows (client) and long file names

2009-03-27 Thread Michal Soltys
Fabian Cenedese wrote: I also use cwrsync but the few cases where the path was too long I just shortened the source. Of course that may not be possible for you. bye Fabi Remember about cygwin1.dll with utf8 support (using unicode win32 api). Side effect of it is that the paths are limited

Re: best rsync for use with windows (client) and long file names

2009-03-27 Thread Fabian Cenedese
At 15:57 26.03.2009 -0700, dnk wrote: >Good day, > >I have been doing some tests with rsync on windows (client) to backup >to a linux server. > >I started out with cwrsync, but ran into the dreaded "File name too >long (91)" error. Apparently due to an issue w

best rsync for use with windows (client) and long file names

2009-03-26 Thread dnk
Good day, I have been doing some tests with rsync on windows (client) to backup to a linux server. I started out with cwrsync, but ran into the dreaded "File name too long (91)" error. Apparently due to an issue with the cygwin portion of it. So I was then testing with a newer

Re: Windows client

2008-11-05 Thread Dave Markham
Stuart Halliday wrote: Google Cwrsync. V3 is there as well as a new experiment build of Cygwin 1.7 which finally supports long filenames/paths under ntfs and UTF-8 filenames at last! http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=69227&package_id=68081&release_id=615606 Is anyone usi

RE: Windows client

2008-09-03 Thread Stuart Halliday
Original Message- From: "Brad Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:57:10 -0600 Subject: RE: Windows client > I am using the current installation of cygwin on the server end and on > about > 30 client machines - appears to be a 2.x version of rsync. A

Re: Windows client

2008-08-15 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 11:15 -0400, Doug Lochart wrote: > Our biggest issues with using the windows client and server > combination was with fragmentation. That should be helped by the --preallocate option available in recent versions of cwRsync. Matt signature.asc Description: Thi

Re: Windows client

2008-08-15 Thread Doug Lochart
My experience working with a Windows client with a Windows Server has not been all that great. In most cases it is not the client itself it is just the typical pain that you experience when trying to run an open source product on Windows. Our biggest issues with using the windows client and

RE: Windows client

2008-08-15 Thread Brad Farrell
x27;t have the exact message handy. I've been looking for a windows version of rsync 3.x - probably have to compile it directly. B > I know you guys hate questions like this, but has anyone had experience > with a particular Windows client they would endorse? > > I need to s

Re: Windows client

2008-08-14 Thread Stuart Halliday
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Stuart Halliday wrote: > >> and it has serious issues with > >> uppercase letters in file & folder names, as well as with spaces, > >> sometimes. > > > > It does? > > I had numerous problems with that. > rsync -av rsync://remote-location /cygdrive/c/Temp > (

Re: Windows client

2008-08-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Stuart Halliday wrote: >> and it has serious issues with >> uppercase letters in file & folder names, as well as with spaces, >> sometimes. > > It does? I had numerous problems with that. rsync -av rsync://remote-location /cygdrive/c/Temp (not to mention "Docu

Re: Windows client

2008-08-14 Thread Stuart Halliday
> and it has serious issues with > uppercase letters in file & folder names, as well as with spaces, > sometimes. It does? I've used cwrsync for years. Never noticed a problem except with _cygwin_ issues of path length and some international characters. But this is due to cygwin trying to suppor

Re: Windows client

2008-08-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Jason A. Nunnelley wrote: > I know you guys hate questions like this, but has anyone had experience with > a particular Windows client they would endorse? > > I need to sync some Windows boxen. I'm just looking for someone to tell me > they&

Re: Windows client

2008-08-14 Thread Stuart Halliday
Subject: Windows client > I know you guys hate questions like this, but has anyone had experience > with a particular Windows client they would endorse? > > I need to sync some Windows boxen. I'm just looking for someone to > tell > me they're using X and happy. This

Windows client

2008-08-13 Thread Jason A. Nunnelley
I know you guys hate questions like this, but has anyone had experience with a particular Windows client they would endorse? I need to sync some Windows boxen. I'm just looking for someone to tell me they're using X and happy. -- Jason A Nunnelley President Tech Anything, Inc.