Rsync is part of the SAMBA project. So - it essentially uses SMB (Windows file sharing). Your initial comment was that you didn't want to use file sharing because it couldn't be easily tunneled over RPC.
I think the recommendation was made out of context. The context is: I want to tunnel a file over RPC or some other point-to-point method. If SMB/Samba is not the option you want (which is what you stated), then rsync doesn't work. Rsync is an APPLICATION that uses SMB to sync files. You should shoot for something like FTP or build it straight into your application (as Base64 conversion, etc). The application that you use for FTP is up to you and your implementation. /David. David Sommers, Architect | Dialog Medical -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: more M read questions I am already using rsync to upload my backup data to our Windows server, and include VistA data with our financial data backup. But I still don't see how I would incorporate that into an image viewer that needs to request a specific file from a server. Kevin On 8/21/05, Ruben Safir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 18:50 -0400, David Sommers wrote: > > Rsync is a tool used to synchronize or replicate files. In terms of > > sending a single file from server to client upon request, a tool is > > not > > recommended but a protocol. Whether it be Secure FTP, BitTorrent, > > SMB, > > or the like. > > This is largely semantics. A protocol without a tool is useless. In > fact, the tool near always predates the protocol. The protocol is > defined by the tool makers once it becomes popular. > > Use rsync. Whatever protocol it uses, which is actually some kind of > incremental crypto fingerprinting, it runs fast as hell, uses minimum > bandwidth, and is free software. > > Ruben > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
