You can pipe rsync over SSH; a lot of folks who (quite rightly) don't permit telnet leave the SSH ports open, and it's a lot more secure for your data, anyway. I don't recall the exact magic to make rsync plus SSH work under Windows, but I think you could use PuTTY or Teraterm to provide the port forwarding.
John ---- Didier Juges wrote: > Several people pointed me to rsync. I remember now why I do not use it. rsync > requires a client tool and a server tool, so you have to have one part > running on each machine. My ISPs do not provide telnet access, just ftp, so I > have to use a tool that runs on the local Windows machine (I could use a > local Linux box if that's the only way) and that accesses the other machine > via ftp. > > So, unless I am reading this wrong, rsync is out of the question for me. > > I can run all sorts of programs on the remote Linux box, as long as I can run > them through the cgi interface, so that precludes any kind of console based > interactive program. At the moment, I have a Perl script that creates an > index of all the files on the remote machine (I use that for the Search > function on my Manuals pages), so I am considering writing a tool that > compares the local and remote directory structures using that index so that I > know which files have to be moved in what direction. I just don't need > another software project at the moment... > > Didier > > ---- Bruce Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, Didier, >> >> I absolutely agree, and Dave Slack has given me some good suggestions >> along those lines. >> >> Among them was an open-source product called 'rsync.' This is the link >> for it. >> >> http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/ >> >> Happy tweaking. >> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >> On 22-Aug-08 at 03:30 Didier Juges wrote: >> >>> The problem nowadays is not the storage, it's the backup software. >>> >>> I have most of my important data in 4 places: two web sites, main 250 GB >>> hard drive and external 500GB Western Digital USB Hard Drive (highly >>> recommended). What I call "important data" is about 30 GB worth of stuff >>> that is typically copied in all 4 places. The problem is keeping everything >>> in sync. Syncing between two local resources (main hard drive and USB hard >>> drive) is not too hard, considering the transfer speed that can be >>> achieved, >>> but mirroring the web resources is a pain, partly because of speed and >>> partly because of OS differences in file name rules (Windows/Linux). I have >>> not found the software I wanted (only looked at free/cheap stuff) so I am >>> considering writing my own (Visual Basic). >>> >>> If anyone has suggestions for free/cheap commercial or FOS software to sync >>> via ftp (Windows <-> Linux), I'll be glad to hear. >>> >>> Didier KO4BB >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Murray >>>> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:46 AM >>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odetics 325 & 425: File recovery >>>> >>>> >>>>> I'm still picking up the pieces from a major FTP >>>> archive crash that >>>>> lost me a considerable amount of data. >>>> Disks are cheap. >>>> >>>> Many years ago, one of the guys I worked with pointed out to >>>> me/us that it was cheaper to buy more disks than it was to >>>> pay us at our normal sallary to figure out which bits should >>>> be saved. You can do a lot of handwaving in that area, but >>>> that's the general idea. >>>> >>>> My straw man for low cost backup is a USB disk. I'm thinking >>>> of a real rotating disk rather than the typical flash "disk". >>>> The key idea is that after you pull the cable, your system >>>> can't trash the bits. That is neither software nor fat >>>> fingers will delete anything. It isn't perfect, but it's >>>> close and simple. >>>> >>>> >>>> Any interesting bits should be backed up multiple ways. If >>>> any time-nuts >>>> have bits that aren't (well) backed up, please contact me off >>>> line so we can work out some way to add another backup copy >>>> to the system. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, >> Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com >> kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m >> "Quid Malmborg in Plano..." >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
