From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 26 17:34:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA03460 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:34:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA03455 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:34:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id RAA27041; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:34:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:34:32 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199901270134.RAA27041@apollo.backplane.com> To: W Gerald Hicks Cc: rcarter@pinyon.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'cpdup' program, and question References: <199901260721.XAA14049@apollo.backplane.com> <19990126191810C.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :From: Matthew Dillon :Subject: Re: 'cpdup' program, and question :Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:21:01 -0800 (PST) : :> :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. :> :> -Matt :> Matthew Dillon :> : :How do its features compare with CVSup? : :Jerry Hicks :wghicks@bellsouth.net cvsup and cpdup are two totally different programs. cvsup manages CVS trees. cpdup is a templating/mirroring tool. -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message