The majority of Windows users probably don't know what rsync, scp and unison (and the underlying ssh for that matter) mean.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Jerry Van Baren <gvb.ma...@gmail.com>wrote: > Quim Gil wrote: > > > > ext Marius Gedminas wrote: > >> Wait, what's this about Samba being dropped? > > > > http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Fremantle#Samba > > > > See also the comments below > https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2905#c8 > > I have not been following this conversation closely, but if you are > using samba just to transfer files, consider using rsync/scp/unison. I > use rsync (over ssh) and scp to transfer files to and from my n800 (I > actually back up my n800 nightly via rsnapshot). I am Windows Free[tm] > at home, but there are Windows programs that provide ssh (putty) and rsync. > > Putty: > > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/> > > Rsync is available via cygwin (ugh, but gets the job done) > http://www.cygwin.com/ > Howto: > http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php > > Unison may be just the capability you are looking for (full smart > synchronizing, not just file transfer): > > http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/<http://www.cis.upenn.edu/%7Ebcpierce/unison/> > http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/28/replacing-rsync-with-unison/ > > gvb > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers >
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