installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-25 Thread Yves Petronin
You could folllow the detailed instructions from Mike Bombich at http://www.bombich.com/mactips/rsync.html I am a beginner and the instructions are so clear that I was able to get the job done. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or

Re: installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-25 Thread Rob Rye
The following note never went through yesterday for some reason: You probably know all of this already, but for those not familiar with the mysteries of the Unix side of the Mac OS X, allow me to comment here: Assuming /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH (otherwise you must add it

Re: installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-25 Thread Mike Bombich
On Feb 25, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Rob Rye wrote: The following note never went through yesterday for some reason: You probably know all of this already, but for those not familiar with the mysteries of the Unix side of the Mac OS X, allow me to comment here: Assuming /usr/local/bin is

Re: installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-25 Thread Rob Rye
Mike, I stand corrected and educated. I think I have some work to do on my own machine. Rob On Feb 25, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Mike Bombich wrote: On Feb 25, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Rob Rye wrote: The following note never went through yesterday for some reason: You probably know all of this

installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-25 Thread Henri Shustak
Alternatively, you can just install your freshly compiled version of rsync by issuing the following command : sudo make install Then when you want to use this version of rsync issue the following command : /usr/local/bin/rsync This way you will not have any issues with system updates. In

Re: installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-25 Thread henri
Alternatively, you can just install your freshly compiled version of rsync by issuing the following command : sudo make install Then when you want to use this version of rsync issue the following command : /usr/local/bin/rsync This way you will not have any issues with system updates. In

Re: installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-24 Thread henri
There are rsync patches available for Mac OS X which offer various meta-data support. If you decide to use these patches, then rsync will offer you some additional options. Details on compiling rsync with these patches on Mac OS X is available from the following URL :

installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-23 Thread Kurt
Hi - is rsync --version reporting the wrong version number, or am I to stupid to properly install rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac? Here is what I did: download and extract rsync-3-0-5 (btw: why is there an extra patches folder?) in Terminal I ran: ./configure, make, sudo make install There was no

Re: installing rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac

2009-02-23 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 20:21 +0100, Kurt wrote: is rsync --version reporting the wrong version number, or am I to stupid to properly install rsync-3-0-5 on a Mac? Here is what I did: download and extract rsync-3-0-5 (btw: why is there an extra patches folder?) in Terminal I ran: