On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 03:46:13PM -0500, Eric Jahn wrote:
> The only problem I can foresee with rsync is that according to the man page
> for rsync, "rsync must be installed on both the source and destination
> machines", but the source machine is <gasp> winders 2000 and I don't have
> easy access to it (or want to). Is there a way around this requirement or a
> next-best solution?
>
If you mount both the intended directories on your local machine, then
rsync does not have to be installed on both. Moreover, rsync can be told
to delete files on the target machine that no longer exist on the source
machine, thus truly keeping things "in sync". I use rsync via a cron job
to back up my workstation to an unused drive on another machine. Handy.
Paul
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