Timothy Smith wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > >> Timothy Smith wrote: >> >>> Steve Holden wrote: >>> >>>> Timothy Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> what would be the best tool to use to sync my local dir with a >>>>> remote one, say off a http resorce (although i'm open to other >>>>> options there) i haven't gotten any feed back on my problems with >>>>> loading pysvn on win98, and i can apprechiate if the dev's are too >>>>> busy/can't be bothered with win98. but i still need to find a >>>>> solution that can achieve the same result, and i'm starting to look >>>>> for other options. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> You could always take a look at the ftpmirror code in the Tools >>>> subdirectory of your source distro. I've used that several times >>>> with great satisfaction, and it's fairly low-end - all you need is >>>> an FTP server at the other end. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>> this has to work on both windows and nix's >>> >> >> Indeed. Did I suggest anywhere that it wouldn't? The client can be any >> type of machine that you want, and the server can be most FTP servers. >> >> regards >> Steve > > > oic source distro = python, i assumed you were making a linuxism > Well that's because for everything but Windows (?) you only get Tools if you download the source. IIRC the Tools directory comes in the binary installer (or, at least, I have it somehow in my Windows Python 2.4, but not in my Cygwin Python 2.4. So I mentioned source, but the bottom line is that the code is accessible, even if you have to poke around for it.
Generally speaking I try to remain platform agnostic. Since you are looking for a "low tech" solution (i.e. broadly available on most platforms) FTP might just do the job. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 703 861 4237 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming http://pydish.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
