ftp is the last resort, rsync is obviously a better one. Also, not aware of good tools that would check the differences in directory trees and update only the files that are different over ftp.
Andre. 2009/5/26 Dean Hamstead <d...@fragfest.com.au>: > why not use ftp then? > > > Dean > > Andre Kolodochka wrote: >> >> Is there something not necessarily based on rsync? ftp, for example? >> >> Andre. >> >> >> >> >> >> 2009/5/26 Christopher Vance <cjsva...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Alan L Tyree <a...@austlii.edu.au> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I use unison: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ >>>> >>>> It claims to run on Windows, but I have no experience with that. >>> >>> It does. I've used it on Ubuntu, Windows, OpenBSD, MacOS, and Solaris. >>> >>> The biggest problem with Unison is that the protocol changes so >>> frequently that you may have difficulty finding precompiled versions >>> for your different operating systems which run compatible protocols. >>> >>> It may be easier to compile from source, but then you'll need to have >>> ocaml compilers on the relevant machines... >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher Vance >>> > > -- > http://fragfest.com.au > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
