From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 26 00:05:12 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA24064 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:05:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA24054 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:05:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.9.2/8.9.2/Netplex) with ESMTP id QAA05374; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:04:32 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199901260804.QAA05374@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Julian Elischer cc: Matthew Dillon , "Russell L. Carter" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'cpdup' program, and question In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:34:58 PST." Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:04:31 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > :Ok, dumb question, how does this improve on rdist? > > : > > :"This program is relatively simple in design: It takes the source and > > :"creates as near an exact duplicate on the destination as possible. It > > :"has the following features: > > : > > :Russell > > > > Have you ever tried copying whole trees with rdist? It isn't fun. > > rdist can't do half the things cpdup does. > > and what about rsync? rsync is both better and worse than rdist.. I find it's argument parsing non-intuitive. Eg: if you want to copy /foo to /bar, you have to specify it as: "/foo/ /bar" or you have a disaster in progress with --delete. ^ Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message