Howdy...
I have searched
the archives, and even read what has been posted on the site regarding a Win32
port of rsync. Though I have found a problem with everything. The
URLs for building your own, or downloading the compiled binaries for the Win32
platform are no longer valid. Therein the problem lies, as the information
is outdated, and still easily available on the site
publicly.
I imagine there
are a few, and I mean a spare few, that are still using Windows 95, but most
have moved onto either Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000,
Windows XP, or Windows .NET, but not necessarily to Unix, Linux, Solaris, AIX,
or other non-Microsoft platform.
I have downloaded
the source code, and though I have not had a chance in which to look over it
thoroughly, I hope to eventually develop enough familiarity so that I can port
it over to the Win32, Win64, and .NET platforms.
I know some of you
may think that I am off my rocker when I mention the Win64 platform, but what
you don't know is that Microsoft now has a 64-bit version of Windows XP, which
can address 16 terabytes (18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes) of memory. I
am just not sure if they have released it yet for purchase, but I do have
authorized access to it, along with its support/diagnostic
utilities.
Now here is my
question/suggestion...
What is the
current interest in a port of rsync to the Microsoft Windows
platform?
Is anyone
interested in helping port rsync to the Microsoft Windows
platform?
I have a currently
active Universal MSDN subscription, which includes Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise,
and Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect, and would be willing to provide any
resources I have to this project if there is enough interest. In addition
to this, I also have the Catalyst SocketTools Enterprise Edition library, should
it be needed.
For those who are
interested, I would prefer an off-list reply, otherwise I may miss the message
as it passes through my e-mail filters, and is placed in a different
folder.
Richard
