with xcopy I use /d (only copy files with newer date). Actually I use: /d /s /y. Maybe these aren't optimal?
No-one has mentioned that rsync is actually VERY CLEVER at minimising bandwidth and proudly announces at the end of the sync job that it's done something like 1% of the bandwidth (therefore also time) that might be consumed otherwise. If it works against an rsync daemon at the other end. Kevin. On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 12:11 +1000, Morgan Storey wrote: > Windows has the archive bit built in. You could simply xcopy/robocopy any > files with the archive bit to a staging directory then ftp up that > eg: > *xcopy path:\to\Files\ path:\to\staging /m /e /v /c /y* > Then use your favourite scriptable ftp client to upload it, there are a few > out there, I think you can even use windows built in one, but I don't tend > to play with that. > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Andre Kolodochka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ftp is the last resort, rsync is obviously a better one. Also, not > > aware of good tools that would check the differences in directory > > trees and update only the files that are different over ftp. > > > > Andre. > > > > > > > > > > 2009/5/26 Dean Hamstead <[email protected]>: > > > why not use ftp then? > > > > > > > > > Dean > > > > > > Andre Kolodochka wrote: > > >> > > >> Is there something not necessarily based on rsync? ftp, for example? > > >> > > >> Andre. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> 2009/5/26 Christopher Vance <[email protected]>: > > >>> > > >>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Alan L Tyree <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> I use unison: > > >>>> http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/<http://www.cis.upenn.edu/%7Ebcpierce/unison/> > > >>>> > > >>>> It claims to run on Windows, but I have no experience with that. > > >>> > > >>> It does. I've used it on Ubuntu, Windows, OpenBSD, MacOS, and Solaris. > > >>> > > >>> The biggest problem with Unison is that the protocol changes so > > >>> frequently that you may have difficulty finding precompiled versions > > >>> for your different operating systems which run compatible protocols. > > >>> > > >>> It may be easier to compile from source, but then you'll need to have > > >>> ocaml compilers on the relevant machines... > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Christopher Vance > > >>> > > > > > > -- > > > http://fragfest.com.au > > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
