Re: pSync/Panther how?

[Joseph Alotta]

Hi Ingo,
I am using psync on Panther and I like it very much.  No trouble, it 
just works.
Here is my version info.

Joe.
[Abba:~] josephal% perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.1-RC3 built for darwin-thread-multi-2level
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2003, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License 
or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to 
the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home 
Page.

[Abba:~] josephal% /usr/local/bin/psync -v
psync   [-d][-n][-q|-v] source_items ... target_directory
psync -r[-d][-n][-q|-v] source_directory target_directory
[Abba:~] josephal% head /usr/local/bin/psync
#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# $Id: psync,v 0.65 2003/04/09 08:25:26 dankogai Exp $
# $Id: psync,v 0.65.5 2003/09/5 jacek_s Exp jacek_s $
#
eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl  -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
    if 0; # not running under some shell
use strict;
[Abba:~] josephal%
On Aug 3, 2004, at 3:06 PM, Ingo Weiss wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to use pSync for backups. I used it in Jaguar, but it 
seems
that it's not compatible with Panther currenlty. The Author recommended
to install a newer Perl which should fix the problem. Here are some
questions:

- What is the latest stable Perl version that runs under Panther?
- Are there a really foolproof instructions anywhere for how to build
and install Perl from source?
- This all seems a bit much for running one small program - is there
another way to make pSync run?
- Or, is there a good alternative to pSync?
Thanks!
Ingo