Hi everyone, maybe someone will be help me out here and answer my question. Ok it's not fink related but it's on the subject of rsync. :}
I'm no expert here, but i do keep hearing that Apple's release of rsync doesn't work (finks?) and now i'm hearing that Apple's latest security patches are causing troubles.. So i went to the rsync web page and downloaded the latest official build. Did the usual config/make/make install and now i use this to backup my htdocs folder on an hourly basis. Ok i didn't use fink but I get the feeling I'm missing something here? That install procedure above seemed obvious to me and now i'm wondering if any rsync fails because of incomptibilities with something Apple specific (so no matter where i get rsync from..it's broken!) Is this the case? Mine is a humble 'script' containing nothing more than: rsync -a --delete source dest (This as a crontab runs hourly under root..) Should i consider an alternative? I used to use SCP but rsync is ideal for keeping my backup folder upto date. Or so i thought! Appreciate any advice. Cheers all, Steve. -----Original Message----- Message: 4 Cc: Mike Zulauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Mike Zulauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 17:09:09 -0800 To: fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Fink-users] Re: Latest security update and rsync Is there any overwhelming reason not to use fink's rsync in this instance? It's an older version, and it doesn't implement Apple's additions (I think), but it appears to be working fine for me. I wasn't using the added capability within my own rsync scripts, so the fink version should be adequate. I guess it's just a work-around (not a fix), but it might be ok for the short term. . . Mike --__--__-- DISCLAIMER: The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. As a public body, Salford City Council may be required to disclose this email [or any response to it] under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless the information in it is covered by one of the exemptions in the Act. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. For the full disclaimer please access http://www.salford.gov.uk/e-mail. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
